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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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If you’re able, maybe use some of your stimulous money to put towards building an emergency fund. We have lived through some challenging months as small business owners, but 2007 was a very tough year for us. We would not have survived with just a $1000 starter fund back in 2007. Your future self will be grateful. .

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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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We have lived through some challenging months as small business owners, but 2007 was a very tough year for us. By the end of 2007, our business picked up again–thankfully–but not before we practically wiped out our savings with only $2000 left to spare, not enough to get us through one more month. A Very Tough Year.

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Emergency Funds: Emergencies Happen When You Least Expect It

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The year 2007 held such promise for us when it started, but by the end of the year we were brought to our knees. As self-employed owners of a small business, we have lived through some tough months, but in 2007, it was a tough year. Once that debt is paid off then start building up you emergency fund to your desired number.

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Forty-one percent of adults in the United States gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F on their knowledge of personal finance (according to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey Final Report of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling). According to the resolution: Twenty-five.6 Your children know that you are saving money.

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Earning Extra Money Online With Paid Surveys

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In 2007, he sold his ecommerce website for $250,000 to a top Ebay Power Seller and since then has sold several niche sites for five figures each.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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A few of my favorite personal finance books: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness , by Dave Ramsey. We had a very tough year back in 2007. Read: How to Build your Emergency Fund and 25 Ways to Find Money for your Emergency Fund. And Read some more. Don’t know how or where to start?

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

I learned from the best, but I believe that a personal finance course should be a requirement for both high school and college graduation. We lived off my salary and banked Alan’s even before we were married so that we could build our own house (literally), paying cash as we went. What’s your best frugal win?