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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? They can cause a panic, especially when just one bill is into the four figures, like our property taxes or auto insurance! But let me show you how to budget (and pay) for yearly bills with a strategy I’ve used for years. auto insurance – due yearly.

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Providing for Your Child’s Future

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That got me started thinking about life insurance. Life Insurance as a Guarantee If something were to happen to me, I need to ensure that my child will be taken care of. Start Early for Greater Benefits Life insurance rates are less expensive when you are young, so it’s to your advantage to look into policies early.

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

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We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. Do you go into panic mode when your car insurance bill arrives? Does your property tax bill give you anxiety? auto insurance – due yearly. That used to be me.

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Create a Personal Escrow Account for Your Quarterly & Yearly Bills

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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, we also owed the Federal government this year. We were no longer required to send an escrow payment to the bank for our real estate taxes and home owners insurance.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

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Life Insurance: 10 myths – Life insurance is one of the most misunderstood financial products that the average citizen encounter. This post discusses the top 10 myths about life insurance. Newlyweds on a Budget : Paying down student loans – The following is a guest post. Penge Snak!:

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Totally Money Blog Carnival #18 – 6 Ways to Save Money Edition

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In fact, my husband and I just revamped our budget so that we can donate to charities even more each month. South County Girl presents Car Insurance Changes Again, Part 2. A post about breaking down your insurance costs and how you can budget for them. Jim presents How to Calculate Your Full Effective Tax Rate.

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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

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Tasks might be as simple as ‘reconciling’ or more complex like ‘paying the office payroll taxes’ and at that time, I definitely added ‘Pay Rent’ to that first list. Bills to review this spring: homeowners insurance. auto insurance. life insurance. mortgage interest rates. phone service. internet service.

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