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How to Build your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Life suddenly changed for most of us in March 2020 and this past year of the pandemic has reinforced how important an emergency fund is. If you’re able, maybe use some of your stimulous money to put towards building an emergency fund. We had enough to get us through one more month.

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10 Must-Know Personal Finance Tips for Moms’ Financial Success

Penny Pinchin' Mom

The post 10 Must-Know Personal Finance Tips for Moms’ Financial Success appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom. Personal finance tips are much like opinions; everybody’s got one. Here are some personal finance tips that should help get you out of that murk.

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Create your debt freedom plan

Family Balance Sheet

Our personal finances are so interwoven with our small business finances that we view them as one. We also didn’t feel comfortable with Dave’s suggestion of a $1000 starter emergency fund, which is his step #1. Currently, we’re working on steps 6, 7, and 8 simultaneously. A guiding light!

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

Family Balance Sheet

They’re taking a gap year between high school and college. We’re struggling with it all too. But for our own safety net, we must make our finances a priority. If you’re married, you MUST do this with your spouse.) Use my Family Balance Sheet excel spreadsheet to help you organize your finances.

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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

Family Balance Sheet

Using Dave Ramsey’s 7 baby steps, we created our Debt Freedom Plan. Our personal finances are so interwoven with our small business finances that they must be seen as one. Unfortunately they’re not cheap. Our goal is to have everything funded by the summer. But we needed a plan.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Now without further adieu, I present you with the dozens of great reads written by Yakezie members and challengers alike this past week in our efforts to bring you timely insight on personal finance and lifestyle today. You will learn exactly what settings, plugins, and themes he uses. There were 50 submissions this week.

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Investment Methods

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Much of the information in it is basic personal finance guidance (with a biblical twist). Digging into this formula investment technique (which is similar to dollar cost averaging), led me to the re-discovery of multiple other types of formulas and techniques which are supposed to help us make our money grow.

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