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

Family Balance Sheet

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, there have been years where we also owed the Federal government. Years ago, April sent me into a panic and a scramble to find the funds. How to Build your Emergency Fund.

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Types of Investors

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

His idea was to buy some land, a bit outside his own area and develop it into an estate type community – homes with acreage. This man works for a family firm that deals in real estate and has some connections to people who have done development, but has no experience himself. Real estate investors.

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10 Must-Know Personal Finance Tips for Moms’ Financial Success

Penny Pinchin' Mom

However, if you have been following me, you know that I am quite serious about finding ways to not only get out of debt but also how to create a budget (and stick to it) as well as how to save money without necessarily depriving your family of the quality of life they deserve. Find yours and use it to make extra cash.

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Yes Virginia, There is a Money Tree

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Put your roots into healthy soil and suck up the best nutrients you can find. One way to do this in a two income family is to live off of one income and bank the other. We have enough to live on from other sources and an emergency fund. Mentally, physically and spiritually. We did that. Tax yourself. Pay yourself first.

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Why Save Money in a Low Interest Rate Environment?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Both are now old enough to open a bank savings account. I would go into the bank with my stubby little hands clutching my months worth of allowance (total of $1), deposit it and see the results right off printed in my book. Trepidation about having the grand-kids open a savings account. Back then I had a passbook.

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Yakezie Carnival November 13, 2011- November Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

20′s Finances: How I Got 4 Movie Tickets for $9 – Find out how I found the steal of a lifetime in getting four movie tickets for $9 total! Money Q & A: Top Ten Money Questions People Always Ask – Find out the most popular questions that people are always asking me. krantcents: How Will You Measure Your Life?

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There will always be limits on salary or income potentials so finding ways to save always help. Take the test to find out!” and says, “While the real estate market continues on the road to recovery, there has been quite a buzz recently regarding reverse mortgages. I totally agree.