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

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Years ago, April sent me into a panic and a scramble to find the funds. It all started years ago when we refinanced our mortgage and were no longer required to send an escrow payment to the bank for real estate taxes and our home owner’s insurance. Our list includes: home owner’s insurance – due yearly.

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How Anyone Can Create Passive Income

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When people find out you sell insurance, they often become rude and short with you, because they assume that you’re getting ready to make a sales-pitch. Sometimes your friends start avoiding you because they’re afraid that you’ll start talking about your latest life insurance plan again!

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Create a Personal Escrow Fund | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Our homeowners insurance and property taxes are not tied in with our mortgage so we receive those bills and are responsible for paying them instead of the bank that owns the mortgage. How were we going to find the funds by the due date? Our personal escrow fund includes: home owners insurance – due yearly.

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Create a Personal Escrow Account for Your Quarterly & Yearly Bills

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We were no longer required to send an escrow payment to the bank for our real estate taxes and home owners insurance. My list includes: home owners insurance – due yearly. auto insurance – due yearly. life insurance – due yearly. Read my 31 Days to Find $1000 series for ideas to find those funds.

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Progressive Insurance Review 2024 | Bankrate

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To help readers understand how insurance affects their finances, we have licensed insurance professionals on staff who have spent a combined 47 years in the auto, home and life insurance industries. Additionally, Progressive may have coverage options for high-risk drivers who might struggle to find a policy elsewhere.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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“The love of a family is life’s greatest blessing.&#. Some people find themselves buried under student loan debt with little chance of ever paying it off. Tom Drake from Canadian Finance Blog clarifies our Understanding of Term Life Insurance. Music to my ears!! Don’t worry, there are options.

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

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Savvy Scot presents Defining Purpose and the Importance of Moderation posted at Savvy Scot , saying, “This post seeks to find the purpose in what you are doing. After all it was not the people who caused the problem so why should they suffer while the banks get off scot-free? I find myself looking more and more often.

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