Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

If you make $50,000 a year after taxes and spend $60,000 a year, your finances are going backward. Write out what you have to spend on your home, utilities and other necessary items. Not pretend our finances are fine. Then at the end of the month evaluate to see if you are spending money how you want to be spending it.

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Money Debt Finance Credit Cards 203

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 15, 2011

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. 20′s Finances: Hiring a Property Manager: What it Offers You Real Estate Investments can be time consuming.

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October 2011 Finance Personal Finance 200

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 6, 2012

I'm participating in Women’s Money Week which is about encouraging women to speak up about money, take control of our finances, and reshape our financial future. It could be from the stress of unemployment, a large debt load, or the amount of shoes in someone's closet; money can be an evil force in a marriage. Or buy a home?

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Money Financial Goals Goals Kids and Family 225

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 22, 2011

It will take years to see a dramatic reversal of the unemployment trend that saw the US unemployment rate nearly reach 10%. For some this wakeup call came as a result of losing their home in foreclosure or their car in repossession. While this may keep your credit in good shape, your finances will remain in shambles.

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Debt Recession Unemployment Budget 157

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 16, 2014

Let’s just flash back to six years ago to the burst of the housing bubble, massive unemployment, and the tumble of the stock market to crush this assumption. To buy a home under the assumption that you’ll some day make a profit from it or rely on one source of income assuming it’ll always be available to you is financially foolish.

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Emergency Fund Insurance Recession Unemployment 174

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 29, 2014

She asked for a well paying job, and was able to step right back into a management position at a major accounting firm – even after 10 years as a stay at home Mom. She gives herself permission to step beyond the bounds of her finances and seems to land on her feet each time. Sometimes I wonder. Are you asking life for a penny?

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IBM Life Insurance Giving Airfare 172

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

She and her husband paid off $147,000 in debt–including their home. About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? Welcome to Debt Free Stories. Where are you from?

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Debt Debt Free Pay Off Debt Financial Goals 236

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 29, 2012

Allocate set times in which you will be doing required reading and completing assignments at home. Review Your Finances. Check how your finances will be affected. It is vital that you allow enough time to continue to perform your duties at work while you are doing courses. Make a Plan.

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Full Time Work College Kids and Family 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 10, 2017

’ While there is some macro economic sense in consumer spending causing an impact on the country’s growth, it doesn’t necessarily play well at the individual consumer finance level. During the long 7 years since the crisis, many people lost jobs and houses. Even today, many are still unemployed or underemployed.

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Spendthrift Economical Consumer Recession 100

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Or you may not be able to rent the home out for as much as you could before, as incomes decline. And home prices rose quickly due in part to relatively low mortgage rates, so your rents may not be able to cover your expenses. Sellers may be willing to finance part of the sale, giving them some incentive to see the business succeed.

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Money Making Real Estate Rent 52