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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 an emergency fund. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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

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Not sure how to budget for your once-a-year bills? 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. This new number will become a line item on your monthly budget. Do you have a fund like this to pay those bills?

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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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Being self-employed, we felt we needed more than Dave’s recommended $1000 starter emergency fund that he outlines in his book, so our first step was to save a bit more for our home and office. What do you value most in life, and what are you ok with temporarily cutting out of your budget? 5 – Celebrate your wins.

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

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They aren’t concerned about the latest deal, craze or freebie. Danielle from Saving Without A Budget shares 5 Smart Investing Tips for 2012. Matt from Budget SNOB presents Personal Finance Advice That Takes Only Minutes To Read, But Will Help For Years To Come. We should take a moment to refresh our perspective.