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How to Budget (and Pay) for Yearly Bills + a FREE Speadsheet

Family Balance Sheet

Not sure how to budget for your once-a-year bills? They can cause a panic, especially when just one bill is into the four figures, like our property taxes or auto insurance! But let me show you how to budget (and pay) for yearly bills with a strategy I’ve used for years. Action Steps to Budget and Pay for Yearly Bills: 1.

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Create a Personal Escrow Account for Your Quarterly & Yearly Bills

Family Balance Sheet

April is always a very expensive month for us. Our home-owner’s insurance, auto insurance, and local real-estate taxes (for our home and our business property) are due, and on top of that, we also owed the Federal government this year. My list includes: home owners insurance – due yearly. Will you start one?

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When I was in Asia in April I was reminded that many people in this world aren’t given the option to choose. Tom Drake from Canadian Finance Blog clarifies our Understanding of Term Life Insurance. This doesn’t mean you will always live with a cash budget, although you certainly could. I hope you enjoy them too.