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....of Receipts
Continuing the 101 cost savings ideas leads us down the road of collections. Not collections as in credit card but collecting receipts. Most of, in fact all of our clients that come in our office do not have or are operating with a budget. We have talked previously about the importance of a budget but today we blog about how to get one going. The most common assignment we hand out after our first meeting is to begin to collect receipts.
Collecting receipts is like counting calories, not very fun but the truth...... (Continue)
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Sell it and Save it
The first step in winning with money is creating an emergency fund. That fund can be $250 on up but typically we suggest $1000 to be the number. Imagine what the emergency fund can do for you? Is a flat tire a big deal? Is the hot water tank going out the end of the world? The function of the emergency fund is #1 slow down emergencies and #2 stops the use of credit cards. If you are asking "Why an emergency fund?" it is because if you don't have a plan, Visa or Mastercard will, and they would love to pick up your slack. I know what you are asking "How?" Easy, most...... (Continue)
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Really?
We have all heard the old adage that "time is money", well is it? You know that you can spend time just like you can spend money or you can invest time just like you invest money, but the big question is can we SAVE time and SAVE money?
We tend to save things that are valuable and most things that are valuable to us have limits. You would most likely save and value the air you are breathing if it was perceived to be limited. What about water? What if you only had 1 gallon of water to begin the month? Can you even put a price on that gallon of water? Would you make...... (Continue)
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