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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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10 – Do It Yourself. If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. Do you take your car to a car wash? Can you fix a repair yourself? Our 12+ dryer stopped working. Are you paying someone to mow your lawn?

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Used Furniture – Re-purpose, Recycle, Re-use.

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Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. To be extra cautious, after doing all of the above, I encased each mattress within a zippered vinyl mattress cover. Decorative pillows and smaller cloth items can be spot cleaned, then tumbled in the clothes dryer to kill germs and freshen them. Ways to save on furniture.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

12 – Do It Yourself. If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. Do you take your car to a car wash? Can you fix a repair yourself? Our 12+-year-old dryer stopped working. Become an Instacart shopper.