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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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He then advises paying off your non-mortgage debt before fully funding an emergency fund with 3 – 6 months worth of expenses. Being self-employed, we have a higher starter fund on hand and when we pay off our non-mortgage debt, we will save to at least 6 months expenses and maybe even more. Put the money in your fund.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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This is our very last non-mortgage loan and we send an extra payment every month as part of our Debt Freedom Plan. However, we could use a year of extra thriftiness to find any extra funds to accelerate the $10k. I’ll apply that money to the debt. You can read my original post: Our Debt Freedom Plan Begins. 2017 Update.