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Why You Should Be Skeptical of Financial “Rules of Thumb”

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While they can be helpful when it comes finding a starting point, rules of thumb should be approached with a degree of skepticism. And what happens when you add in property taxes, utility, home insurance, and maintenance? Rules of thumb are often used to make various financial decisions. The costs really start to add up.

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

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Many years ago, our cash flow sucked, we put Christmas on a credit card, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to pay for a large tax bill. I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. You can find that here: [link].

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. We had been renting for over 10 years and we were ready to find a property to move our business to and eventually build our net worth. Everything looked great on paper.

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