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Family Budget Spreadsheets 2021

Family Balance Sheet

If your fresh start for the New Year includes improving your finances, you are not alone! My mission has always been to help families build a strong financial plan, gain confidence with their money, and live the life of their dreams. I created it as a way to communicate our finances to my husband.

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Introducing: Family Budget Spreadsheets

Family Balance Sheet

I’ve been working behind the scenes on a tool that I personally use to track and organize our finances: Family Budget Spreadsheets. This package of 9 Microsoft Excel spreadsheets is designed to help you organize your finances, plan for major purchases, create a budget, understand your cash flow, and track your net worth.

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What Is A Personal Loan?

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Key takeaways A personal loan is money you can borrow to finance large purchases, consolidate debt, invest in yourself or cover emergency expenses. Common reasons include paying off debt, financing a large purchase such as a vehicle or a boat, or covering the cost of a major expense like a wedding or a home renovation.

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How to Make Good Financial Decisions

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If you decide that you should diversify your finances, you will need to figure out how (perhaps by choosing an asset allocation model), and then do transactions to make it happen. Do a financial analysis to determine if buying a home will move you towards your financial goals or away from them. Making good on your choice.

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P.E.P. for Week of January 31- February 4/11- Superbowl Edition

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Retirement lingo can get confusing if you are just starting out learning about finances. I can say though that by using a money management program you are more likely to stick to your budget and your financial goals. Young and Thrifty gives us tips on how to pick a good financial advisor. Which letters best describe you?

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

Family Balance Sheet

A budget could help you avoid late and insufficient funds fees, find money for an upcoming trip or expense, and ease a disagreement over finances in a marriage. Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. Budgeting is a lifelong habit.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. Aside from the mortgage, we also added equipment and renovation loans with the purchase, and we had a student loan. It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts.

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