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May - July Check In

The farm and farmhouse
Fri - Aug 07 05:05am
Debts Mortgage -$105,201.17 (-$773.85)Car Loan -$3,088.82 (-$642.98)HELOC -$2,653.21 (+$2,653.21) Savings Roth IRAs +$57,0...
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August yays

Trying to keep Tabs on my finances
Thu - Aug 06 07:31pm
First of all, I just want to say how grateful I am to this site for providing a free blogging section.  Considering that...
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July 2026 Net Worth

Firefly's Personal Finance Blog
Thu - Aug 06 02:05am
Investments $2,275,677 Savings $7,682 Home Equity $152,000 July Net Worth $2,435,359 June Net Worth $2,454,261 Monthly G...
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Finally achieved the Holy Grail

Save More, Spend Less
Wed - Jul 29 02:16pm
I wasn't trying to get a perfect score but I sometimes wondered if it was attainable. So now I know it is. To summarize wha...
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Week one of two weeks off (from last wee...

Fiscal Fitness
Sun - Jul 26 05:58pm
In my last entry, I mentioned that I was planning to take 2 weeks off the end of the month.  I've just finished the firs...
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The Latest From The Saving Advice Forums

$100,000 to spend

bjl584 • 06 Aug 2026 20:59:00
Something fun I saw online. If you are handed $100,000 under the conditions that you can't invest it, use it to pay off debt, or buy/renovate real estate, what are you spending it on? This was hard for me, as I am not a big sp...
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Drowning in Debt - Anonymous Poster Seek...

bjl584 • 06 Aug 2026 18:56:06
Looking for help maybe been in similar or situation. I lost my husband very suddenly last year I’m 50 years old. Lost income and o life insurance. We have a business that has slowed significantly. I am locked into a lease an...
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Hiring our first employee abroad using a...

Ava01 • 05 Aug 2026 18:33:08
We’re a small company, around 15 to 20 people, and we want to hire an employee who lives in Europe. I’ve compared a few options, and using an employer of record looks like the most practical approach for us. I’m ...
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What financial problem do you have right...

bjl584 • 05 Aug 2026 17:51:28
I saw this question posed on another site. I know most regulars here don't have a lot of financial "problems" per say, but I thought it would be interesting to see what people are saying. The only problem I have, if yo...
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Shopping Insurance Results

myrdale • 05 Aug 2026 14:40:15
When I purchased my Tacoma in 2020, the cost of insurance at the time was around $780 for 6 months. That was twice the $350 I paid for the Frontier, but it was a 20 year old truck. Since then, it has steadily increased about $100 ...
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