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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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I’ve shared before that April is the most expensive month of the year for us because our homeowners/auto insurance and property taxes are all due, along with any federal or state taxes that we might owe. In January and February, my husband and I were contemplating replacing our 12.5

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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Also to top it off, I had a huge property tax due that month for our office building that was going to be difficult to pay for in light of the circumstances. January & February 2020 – Life is good! The numbers that looked great on paper in the summer of 2012 were, in reality, turning out to be very challenging in 2013.

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