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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With interest rates at all time lows, more foreclosures coming on the market and prices at decade low levels, you may be looking to buy a home or investment property. Heck, even to make an offer on your dream home, you have to negotiate with your spouse and family! Home Maintenance – Keeping Things Up to Snuff.

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We Cancelled Our Cable TV and Land Line

Family Balance Sheet

As of March 1, we are a cable TV and land line free home. We were paying for a deluxe bundle package that included high speed Internet, a land line, a gazillion cable channels, and HBO, which we enjoyed quite a bit. We like TV, so it was a bold move for my family.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Are you paying too much for home/auto insurance, cable, internet, cell? 4 – Skip the AM drive-thru and eat breakfast at home. If you find yourself hitting the drive-thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home. 6 – Eat dinner at home.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Are you paying too much for home/auto insurance, cable, internet? 4 – Skip the AM drive thru and eat breakfast at home. If you find yourself hitting the drive thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home. 6 – Eat dinner at home. Dinner time is stressful.

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6 Steps to Creating a Budget You Can Stick To

For the Mommas

Step #1: Calculate how much money you bring home. When doing this, you need to look at how much money you actually bring home – not how much money you earn. Here are some tips on how you can create a viable budget for yourself. Consider all of your sources of income and write this figure down. Telephone/cell phone.