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April Financial Literacy Month: April 11, 2012
In today’s financial literacy video, José Figueroa from Figueroa Financial Counseling in DFW (www.figueroafinancial.com) shares some great advice about emergency funds. Continue reading
Posted in Beating Debt, Personal finance, Saving Money
Tagged emergency, emergency fund, emergency savings, financial literacy
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099 Financial Excellence: Overcoming the Roadblocks to Debt Elimination
Episode 99: Overcoming the Roadblocks to Debt Elimination Feb 28, 2012. Today I welcomed financial coach Kevin Suddick back to the show to talk about the major roadblocks he sees with his financial coaching clients who are trying to get out of … Continue reading
What do you do after you are debt free?
Congratulations! After months and months or even years of sacrificing your student loans are gone, you dumped your credit cards, and paid off the car note. You are debt free! The cycle of debt that you have lived before is … Continue reading
Posted in Building Wealth, Saving Money, Uncategorized
Tagged Beating Debt, debt free living, emergency fund, giving, savings
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080 Financial Excellence: Buy a Boat or Buy a House?
Episode 80: From the Mailbag: Should I Buy a Boat (and more) Oct. 4, 2011. Today Guest Steve Stewart from Money Plan SOS joins me to answer questions from listeners about buying boats, life insurance for children, and where debts … Continue reading
Winning With Money Part 3: Self Insure Against Emergencies
Life is full of unexpected events and they can cost us a bunch of money. Funerals, home repairs, layoffs or job losses, auto accidents or mechanical repairs, medical bills – they all seem to come out of nowhere and grab us in a stranglehold. Continue reading
Murphy Strikes Again: Another Gotcha Expense
It’s no secret that since I left the world of full-time employment 18 months ago and went full time into self-employment, our budget has been pretty tight. We’ve been able to make ends meet while the businesses grow but there … Continue reading
058 Financial Excellence: Become a Financial Coach, Update to Emergency
Episode 58: Becoming a Financial Coach & Updates to our Basement Water Emergency, May 4, 2011. This week’s episode covers a lot of information, including some exciting updates for our coaching business, updates to our basement water saga, our thoughts … Continue reading
Bonus Financial Literacy Question (Emergencies) Mayday!: May 1, 2011
MAYDAY! EMERGENCY video! This wasn’t scheduled (emergencies never are) so this is a bonus question for Financial Literacy Month. I share the story of our unexpected financial emergency event in our podcast, Living In Financial Excellence Episode 56. In … Continue reading
Posted in Personal finance
Tagged credit card, emergencies, emergency fund, financial literacy, installment loan, payment plan
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056 Financial Excellence: Surviving a Financial Emergency without Credit Cards
Episode 56: How we survived a financial emergency without credit cards, April 20, 2011. We woke up this morning to a water heater that rusted out and leaked throughout the entire basement. This is a financial emergency by our standards, … Continue reading
Why I LOVE The Emergency Fund
Emergencies happen. Are you prepared? This morning I woke up to the sound of my wife telling me we had no hot water. I knew right away that if she’s telling me this, it means she got up before me … Continue reading
Posted in Personal finance
Tagged avoiding debt, credit card, emergency, emergency fund, water heater
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