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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. We were no longer required to send an escrow payment to the bank for our real estate taxes and home owners insurance.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #241 – June 15, 2012

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Welcome to the June 15, 2012 Edition #241 of the Carnival of Financial Planning. PFP presents Tax Management posted at Pasadena Financial Advisor , saying, ” You should also consider how to “locate” your investment asset allocation with respect to more optimal taxation.” ” That concludes this edition.

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11 Things I learned After Owning a Vacation Property

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I also wanted a bit more diversification in our portfolio and figured an additional piece of real estate could help that. The tax code for second homes used as rental properties is incredibly complex here in the US. I wanted a place for our family to gather – adult children and grandchildren along with us. Guess what?

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