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Is It Worth It To Purchase Insurance For Your Smartphone?

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It’s a cell phone company’s job to try and “upgrade” their sales; that’s how they make more money. When it comes to mobile insurance , like basically any other kind of insurance (house, car, health), there is a deductible that you’ll usually have to pay in order to get another phone.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. How would you pay for an unexpected car repair? Do you take your car to a car wash? Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck.

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Money vs. Family Life

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Money Does Not Equal Happiness. While making more money can allow you to buy nicer cars, live in a bigger house and take more extravagant holidays, having these luxuries is not a guaranteed predicator of happiness.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Once we got married we realized we have great jobs and a great income, but where is all the money going? We knew that we would make more money but we wanted to be able to buy a house with a conventional mortgage and we can’t come up with the down payment so we need to ratchet down. By the way, new couches feel good.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. How would you pay for an unexpected car repair? Do you take your car to a car wash? Yard sales take some work, but you can declutter your house and make some cash in the same weekend.

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

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They Earned Extra Money. When you have tracked, analyzed, and cut your budget to bare bones, there is only one other way to find extra money to put towards debt and that is to make more money. Maureen saved hundreds by tracking her spending to see where she was blowing money. That would keep you on budget!

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