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How Much Car Can I Afford?

Savings Corner

Edmunds recommends that a new car payment be no more than 15 percent of your monthly take-home pay. A used car payment should be no more than 10 percent, but that number varies by expert. With research, you can learn what to expect in state sales taxes and title and vehicle registration fees.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

.” Dividend Growth Investor from Dividend Growth Investor shares how Dividend losers focus on excuses that prevent them from achieving their goals of financial freedom. Dividend Winners on the other hand, focus on creating specific goals, and the steps to make them a reality.

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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I finally got inspired that we should at least start working on this huge goal of being debt free when I read Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover. We got an unexpected tax return, which of course went toward the loans. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? After we got out of debt, we did pay cash for a used car.

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