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Family Budget Spreadsheets 2021

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If your fresh start for the New Year includes improving your finances, you are not alone! This package is designed to help you organize your finances, create a budget, plan for major purchases, understand your cash flow, and track your net worth. I created it as a way to communicate our finances to my husband.

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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

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The building offered so much potential, but needed a lot of work and we set out to renovate our dream office. The business softened, renovations were more costly than expected, and we were now the owners of two mortgages, our home and our business. We were excited to cross this accomplishment off our bucket list.

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5 Lessons Learned When Our Finances Went Awry

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But in August 2013, our business softened, renovations to our new building were more costly than planned, and we were now the owners of two mortgages, our home and our business. 5 Lessons Learned When Our Finances Went Awry. Read my other Women Inspired posts here: A Goal without a Plan is just a Wish. Yep, life was good.

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Introducing: Family Budget Spreadsheets

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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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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

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Our personal finances are so interwoven with our small business finances that they must be seen as one. I’m sharing our plan with you because the direction of our finances has changed. We also have some renovations that we need to cash flow. | Our goal is to have everything funded by the summer.

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Best Mortgage Refinance Lenders In 2024

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Images by Getty Images; Illustration by Hunter Newton/Bankrate Although interest rates aren’t as favorable as they were in recent years, refinancing might make sense for homeowners who want to pull out cash to renovate their homes. Based on those benchmarks, here is our guide to the best mortgage refinance lenders in 2024.

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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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