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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. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build an emergency fund. 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. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build your emergency fund. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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I have written often about the importance of an emergency fund. We didn’t have enough cash saved to buy a car without a loan and that wasn’t sitting well with me. Also, about the time everything shut down, my coffee machine decided to as well. Being self-employed, we need the security that it offers.

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Build Your Home Food Storage Without Breaking the Bank

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Figure Out What You Want to Include Your first step is to figure out what you want to include in your home food storage, as well as how much you need. My family has a crawl space downstairs, a pantry upstairs, and a freezer in the garage. I remember helping my mother prepare corn and peas for the freezer while growing up.

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Do You Have A Plan for Replacing Your Appliances?

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Within two years after moving in, we purchased a new oven, microwave, dishwasher and freezer. I don't want to drain the emergency fund, which could easily happen when the AC needs replaced. Did you know that you need to clean the outside of your refrigerator as well as the inside? The house came with very few appliances.

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What Do You Tolerate to Save Money?

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I’ve a 16 year old side by side refrigerator/freezer that works perfectly, looks great and still fits style wise in my kitchen. Many other items, which if left untended cause safety issues should be handled soonest as well. Good thing we have that emergency fund because this won’t be cheap to fix.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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emergency fund, so we started throwing what little extra we had straight. I look at what’s in my freezer and pantry. fruit is about to go bad, chop it up and stick it in the freezer to add to. Communicating well and communicating often has made talking about. First, we will save our six-month emergency fund.

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