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How to Budget (and Pay) for Yearly Bills + a FREE Speadsheet

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They can cause a panic, especially when just one bill is into the four figures, like our property taxes or auto insurance! Our home owner’s insurance, auto insurance, and local real-estate taxes (for our home and our business property) are due, and on top of that, there have been years where we also owed the Federal government.

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Create a Personal Escrow Account for Your Quarterly & Yearly Bills

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Our home-owner’s insurance, auto insurance, and local real-estate taxes (for our home and our business property) are due, and on top of that, we also owed the Federal government this year. I started our personal escrow account years ago, when we refinanced our mortgage. My list includes: home owners insurance – due yearly.

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The High Cost of Speeding

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If you are wanting to get auto insurance, your rates go up if you have one or more tickets on your record. The average rise in the cost of insurance due to ONE ticket is $900 over 3 years. Increased auto insurance costs. Possible increased life insurance costs. Related posts: No Cost Refinancing – Pros and Cons.

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Small Money Mistakes That Have Big Consequences

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Not Being Properly Insured You are the wage-earner, the care-giver, the home-maker, whichever of these titles you hold. Look into effective health, disability and life insurance plans. There are many debt-reduction strategies that will help you reduce your amount of debt and therefore the amount of interest you are paying.

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