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Introducing: Family Budget Spreadsheets

Family Balance Sheet

There was a month in 2013 where I hadn’t planned on a large property tax bill and I wasn’t sure where we were going to find the money. We could afford a camping trip, we could pay our tax bill on time, and we could pay cash for Christmas, but we needed to PLAN for it. This is a 12 month spreadsheet.

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

Family Balance Sheet

In January 2013 there was a blog post on Keeper of the Home that first awakened me to the concept of living debt free. We got an unexpected tax return, which of course went toward the loans. What are your financial goals now? We aren’t quite ready to dive head first into another financial goal.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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PFP presents Investment Tax Management posted at Pasadena Financial Planner , saying, ” As you move your cash, bond, and stock financial assets into lower cost, more broadly diversified investment mutual funds and/or ETFs, you should also consider how to “locate” your investment asset allocation with respect to more optimal taxation.”

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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Yep, we’re newlyweds and eloped together in December 2013. Then during tax season, I worked at H&R Block filing taxes. I would offer to do people’s taxes, or get their bookkeeping organized in exchange for a discount on my rent, or a small repair on my car. What are your financial goals now?

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

Family Balance Sheet

In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. By the summer of 2013, we found ourselves in a pickle–we had too much debt and not enough cash flow. It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts.

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Meet Tracy, a Single Mom Who Paid Off $41,587 | Debt Free Stories

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The company I had worked at for 12 years when I started my journey in January 2013, announced it would be making significant job cuts summer 2013. I had enjoyed a great salary working in Pharma and been far too irresponsible with what God had blessed me with to provide financially. What are your financial goals now?

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