Prairie Eco-Thrifter
DECEMBER 7, 2014
Credit is a tool in personal finance. Used properly, it can help you build your dream home and reach your financial goals. Used irresponsibly, and like any tool, it can smash your fingers something fierce. Understand the risks to peer loans and you may just find one of your best tools in personal finance.
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
It started with $40,000 in consumer debt (vehicles, credit cards, small student loan) and then sold our home and eliminated the $140,000 of mortgage debt. Baby furniture, BBQ pits, tools, guns… EVERYTHING. To not count on debt being a tool we can use. What are your financial goals now? We sold EVERYTHING!
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Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
I’m a Grade 7 teacher and my husband is a Mac Tools distributor. We had two student loans that still had balances, even though we’d already been paying on them for 10 years. What are your financial goals now? My happiest place on earth is being able to spend time in downtown Toronto. worth of debt.
Family Balance Sheet
JUNE 8, 2018
Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. If they are, you can consider putting the extra funds into an emergency fund, pay off a credit card, or save for another financial goal. Another way to think of a budget is a spending plan.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 10, 2012
The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Little House presents The Five Tool Budgeter posted at Little House in the Valley , saying, “In baseball, a five-tool player is one who excels in some of the game’s major skills: fielding, base running, hitting for power, hitting for contact, and throwing ability.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
I also wanted to pay off the student loans he had, and see him graduate without occurring any more debt. I realized we were going to make the last payment on his student loan (our last debt), so I called my husband in to click the ‘submit’ button since it was his debt after all. What are your financial goals now?
Savings Corner
APRIL 4, 2024
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