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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. Are you paying too much for home/auto insurance, cable, internet? Our 12+ dryer stopped working. 6 – Eat dinner at home.

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6 Steps to Creating a Budget You Can Stick To

For the Mommas

Telephone/cell phone. Once you have a solid estimate of your monthly expenditures, you can work out how much you can allot to your various expenses. You want to include all expenditures including, but not limited to: Housing- rent, mortgage, homeowner fees, homeowner insurance, lawn care services, housekeeping services, etc.

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