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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. How would you pay for an unexpected car repair? If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build an emergency fund. It is NOT a spending account.

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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. How would you pay for an unexpected car repair? If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build your emergency fund. It is NOT a spending account.

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Emergency Funds: Emergencies Happen When You Least Expect It

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I remember one morning my husband and I were sitting at the kitchen table contemplating if we should sell one of our cars. What got us through.our emergency fund. Had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. Do you have an emergency fund?

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6 Tricks to Save More Money in 2015

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There are tricks you can use to save more money even IF your budget is very tight. Consider these strategies: Save all of your change. Pay in cash whenever you can and save all of your change. Earmark this money for an emergency fund, a new car fund, a vacation fund, whatever you would like.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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.” Recently Go Banking Rates conducted two studies on savings rates with startling results. Almost 70% of Generation X have less than $1000 in personal savings account. *. of Generation X report a retirement savings account balance of $0.**. of Gen X report they have saves less than $10,000 for retirement.**.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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After years of scrimping and saving and not spending extra money on things, we have achieved the biggest financial goal we have ever set for ourselves in our 19 years of marriage. 1 – Save a starter Home Emergency Fund. Start Additional Savings Accounts. Additional related reading: Debt Free Stories.

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2012 Financial Goals

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On Christmas day, my husband and I spent 4 hours together traveling in a car to visit his family. Increase Family Emergency Fund to Six Months Salary. Currently, we have about 3 months salary saved, but we are self-employed and should have a six month security net. Start a Car Replacement Savings Account.