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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

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Do our goals still make sense now that we’re in the trenches of the new year? Take some time to review your yearly financial goals. SMART goals are: S – specific. Review Your Bills. This is a great time to perform an audit to review your bills to see if you’re paying too much. M – measurable.

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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

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Refresh your memory with what you were thinking at the beginning of the year and review your yearly financial goals. You’re now in the trenches of the new year, do those goals still make sense? When reviewing your goals, did you use the S.M.A.R.T. Review Your Bills. Bills to review: home owners insurance.

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10 Best Low-Risk Investments In April 2024

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Try Bankrate’s free AdvisorMatch service to quickly get connected to a CFP® professional who can help you achieve your financial goals. Risk: Money market funds usually are pretty safe, says Ben Wacek, founder and financial planner of Guide Financial Planning in Minneapolis. Treasury bills, notes, bonds and TIPS The U.S.

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Spring Clean.Your Finances

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Welcome in the beauty of the season with 5 Steps to Spring Cleaning Your Finances Review your 2011 Financial Goals. Did you make some financial goals for 2011 back in January? Take some time this month to review your goals. There are three separate credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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Daniel took on an extra job doing support work for an online company that he could do from home. We lowered our living expenses and looked at our bills and decided what we could live without. Even though Amanda didn’t take over the paying of the bills just having her input and help with decisions was a huge relief to Daniel.

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Health insurance: This is a must; should someone get critically ill, mountains of medical bills can bury you very quickly. It can also cover some of those massive medical bills that tend to come with accidents.

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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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My wife is in sales for a software company and I am a fundraiser for a local non-profit that helps the homeless. and my wife focuses on paying the bills and keeps track of our budget. What are your financial goals now? Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality.

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