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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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2012 Financial Goals

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On Christmas day, my husband and I spent 4 hours together traveling in a car to visit his family. We talked through some issues and opportunities for our business and our personal, family, and financial goals. Our 2012 Financial Goals. We have set a goal date of July 2015 to pay off all of our debt.

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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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We have several weekend trips and a summer beach vacation planned for the year. We have some home projects that we need to do and we have already set aside the funds. The goal is to reduce our monthly spending where we can to find extra money to apply to our debt. What’s your financial goal for 2016?

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Our 2019 Financial Goal. Happy New Year’s 2019: In January 2019, we were down to one final non-mortgage loan, so we created just one financial goal for the year—-to pay off that last non-mortgage debt by December. We can now move on to other financial goals. 1st Update in June 2014. 2018 Update.

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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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Tell us about you and your family. Because we wanted to get out of debt as fast as possible, we stopped saving money after we had an emergency fund in place. We met with a financial planner and he gave us a specific plan to get out of debt with a specific amount of money to put toward debt each month. Where are you from?

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How to Conduct an Effective Family Financial Analysis

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Do you keep your family in a survival mode? Why You Should Conduct a Financial Analysis. Arranging a family financial analysis is very important to long term financial success. Here are are five reasons why budgeting for your family is important: A thorough financial analysis helps you….

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