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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build your emergency fund. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Hello and welcome to the 316th Carnival of Personal Finance- Family Edition. This week I am reminding you all about those special people in your life- your family. It was during this rather taxing weekend that I was reminded of how great a loving family can be. Families are our rock, our support system, and our fans.

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

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Tell us about you and your family. Because we wanted to get out of debt as fast as possible, we stopped saving money after we had an emergency fund in place. I focus more on the big picture (saving for a house, vacations, emergency fund, etc.) I wrote a blog post telling people how we did it.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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I’m busy raising my daughters with my 50-something husband, managing our small business, and writing my blog. Use my Family Balance Sheet excel spreadsheet to help you organize your finances. Start Saving for your Emergency Fund TODAY! That emergency fund saved our business, our sanity, and our marriage.

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Friday Links – Too Swamped Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Working to build your emergency fund? Read up on emergency fund basics at Money Smart Guides. How to conduct an effective family financial analysis. These days, if you spend any time on most personal finance blogs, one of the author's main goals in life. How to Conduct an Effective Family Financial Analysis.

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So here’s what I got.

Saving In Akron

So my day went something like this – hubby woke me at 6:00 am to tell me there's water in the family room. Get home and finally finish cleaning up the mess in the family room. Sit down at 11:00 PM to work on this blog after all that. And just to let you all know, I practice what I preach here on my blog.

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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

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Save $$$ Home Emergency Fund – Dave suggests to start at $1000, but being self-employed, ours is much higher, but it is not quite 3-6 months of expenses. We will cash flow a FAMILY TRIP TO DISNEY. Increase our emergency funds for the home & office to 3 – 6 months worth of expenses.

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