Family Balance Sheet
JANUARY 29, 2015
We have some hefty financial goals this year and this is just one more way for me to squeeze more from our budget. After shopping locally at some furniture stores, I resorted to Craigslist and spent hundreds less on a new-to-her dresser. Daughter and mommy were both thrilled.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 30, 2015
We have some hefty financial goals this year and this is just one more way for me to squeeze more from our budget. In 2015 I’m challenging myself to rethink purchases by taking advantage of more cost effective solutions like borrowing, buying second hand, or just making do with what we already have. Have you joined the challenge?
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Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. What are your financial goals now? What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. Daniel took on an extra job doing support work for an online company that he could do from home. It was like selling an asset that has value.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 1, 2021
If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. If you have some bigger items, you will likely make more money selling them on Craigslist or your local Facebook sale page than at a yard sale. Put the money in your emergency fund instead.
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
The rule was, if I could get $50 bucks or more for it, it was going on Craigslist. What are your financial goals now? Do not allow fear to convince you to not pursue your financial goals. It may not be easy, but a lifetime of financial peace is worth it. We sold EVERYTHING! We stopped buying stuff.
Family Balance Sheet
JULY 13, 2016
Find stuff on the side of the road and sell it on craigslist or Facebook. Well that’s not in the budget so you better sell something on craigslist… Lamp sold, go get a pedi now. What are your financial goals now? It constantly encouraged us and reminded us of small things in Dave’s plan. Increase investing.
Family Balance Sheet
AUGUST 5, 2015
We saved any that we could from my husbands checks, we sold things from around the house on craigslist and ultimately we started taking everything we earned from our photography business which was a normal part of income for us and used it all on debt. What are your financial goals now? At first we did it anyway we could find!
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