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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. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build an emergency fund. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build your emergency fund. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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How to Prevent Three Common Disastrous Personal Financial Mistakes

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Lack of An Emergency Fund . One of the most common disastrous finance mistakes is not having any sort of financial back-up for emergencies. How long could you manage if you were out of work, based on your current financial situation? Make an allowance for a small amount of savings, in addition to your emergency fund.

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How to Save Money Fast – My Top 20 Tips

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The post How to Save Money Fast – My Top 20 Tips appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom. Munger so aptly puts it, learning how to save money fast is an education in and of itself. You need to know where the money is going before you can plan on how to plug the holes and use your income better. ” – T.T.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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Our emergency fund. I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. We reduced our spending where we could, but the money to pay any shortfall each month came from our emergency fund. It kept me up at night.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!). More budgeting resources: How to Budget and Save for Large Yearly Expenses, such as taxes, home owners and auto insurances. I list tons of ideas: How to Slash Your Grocery Spending . How to implement the budget: This might be the hardest part of budgeting!

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Making the First Post-Graduation Pay Check Count

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Don’t let it all go to your head though, it’s really important to know how to make your first post-graduation paycheck count, so here are some tips. Include all forms of income and divide expenditure into categories like rent/mortgage, entertainment, household expenses, insurances, transport etc. Congratulations!