5 Tips that will Help You Save for Your First Home

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Certain things in your life require time to save up. One of those things is a house. When you buy your first home, it’s not always an easy task, but it should be an exciting one. What can put a damper on the excitement is when you’re worried about your finances. The more you can …

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10 Signs You May Not Be Saving Enough for an Emergency

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10 Signs that You May Not Be Saving Enough for an Emergency None of us want to be in that place where you don’t have enough money to pay for an unexpected expense. Unexpected expenses range from seriously steep home repair costs to minor medical bills and everything in between. While it’s unreasonable to expect …

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7 Easy Ways to Save Cash for a Stress-Free Holiday Season

The holiday season is almost upon us. Only 10 weeks to go! Have you got a plan for surviving the holidays yet? Every year, around this time, I start planning in earnest so the whole holiday season is as organized and stress-free as possible. A large part of that planning is directed at ensuring I …

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11 Excuses to Stop Making So You Can Start Saving

Start Saving: Take control, stop making excuses and start saving money, today. Your future depends on it! The top 11 financial excuses we love to make...

Start saving more money today by dealing with the financial excuses you tell yourself. Saving money for retirement or anything else can seem like hard work and it’s true, you need discipline and motivation to make it happen. But, the most important thing you need to take control of before you can start saving more money …

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10 Easy Ways to Save $1000 For Your Rainy Day Fund

Rainy Day Fund | $1000 can seem like a lot of money. Break it down and it's a lot less daunting. $3 a day = $1000+ per year. Grab a jar and start saving!

Everyone needs a rainy day fund. A rainy day fund isn’t an planning-for-the-apocalypse type emergency fund. Although, we all need to be working on one of those, too. A rainy day fund is for less catastrophic circumstances. For instance, an out of town wedding you forgot to plan for or a plumbing emergency. Your rainy day …

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