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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

Family Balance Sheet

Review your Yearly Goals. On January 1st, many of us are very gung-ho about writing goals but are we as enthusiastic about those goals on March 12? Do our goals still make sense now that we’re in the trenches of the new year? Take some time to review your yearly financial goals. M – measurable.

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Is Credit Karma Accurate? I Tested It & Here’s What I Learned

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It does this by: Allowing you to create a few prompts, such as alerts, whenever any changes are made to your credit rating Track your credit rating progress Prevent identity theft See some factors that are negatively affecting your credit score The information found on credit karma updates every 7 days, making it quite up-to-date.

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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

Family Balance Sheet

Review your Yearly Goals. On January 1st, we’re so gung-ho about writing goals, but are we just as enthusiastic about those goals on March 11? Refresh your memory with what you were thinking at the beginning of the year and review your yearly financial goals. When reviewing your goals, did you use the S.M.A.R.T.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

” Jason presents Why We Didn’t Sell Our Car on Craigslist posted at Work Save Live , saying, “Last week I detailed why we considered buying a car through CarMax, and I wanted to do a follow-up on a service of theirs that we actually used. Income MMD presents What Did You Learn From Working as a Teenager?

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s modeled much like Michael Pollans Food Rules with many one-page rules that give short but useful tidbits of information. I have finally listed many of the financial resources, firms, services, and products that I personally use and recommend. Kyle presents Enter to Win our April iPad Mania Giveaway! We all have skills.

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How Are Billionaires Different Than Millionaires?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After all, a million isn’t what it used to be and if you work hard, save and invest over a lifetime, your chances of crossing that millionaire threshold are actually pretty decent. millionaires in the US alone. They are confident in their goals. 8 Ways to Prevent Identity Theft.

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How to Freeze Your Credit

Savings Corner

When someone applies for credit using your personal information, a lender or card issuer typically checks your credit before making a decision. How to unfreeze your credit Go to the credit bureau website and use the account you used to freeze your credit to unfreeze your credit. Tax Filing Webinar — Jan.

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