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Electricity is going waaaay up! (Our new financial goal)

Electricity is going waaaay …

February 28, 2022 by Stephanie 17 Comments

How We Saved $7,000 in 4 Hours: A No-Cost Mortgage Re-Fi That Makes Sense

How We Saved $7,000 in 4 …

April 6, 2020 by Mike 29 Comments

Annual Spending Report 2018–California Family of Seven

Annual Spending Report …

January 10, 2019 by Stephanie 2 Comments

How Our Emergency Fund is Fighting Inflation

How Our Emergency Fund is …

December 14, 2018 by Mike 6 Comments

Where Do You Keep Your Emergency Fund?

Where Do You Keep Your …

June 4, 2018 by Stephanie 11 Comments

Refinancing Our Mortgage 🏠 (from 30-year to 15-year)– Everything you want to know

Refinancing Our Mortgage 🏠 …

May 4, 2018 by Mike 17 Comments

Family Budget Update– June 2017

Family Budget Update– …

July 5, 2017 by Stephanie 10 Comments

Family Budget Update– May 2017

Family Budget Update– …

June 2, 2017 by Stephanie 13 Comments

Why we didn’t wait for a 20% down payment

Why we didn’t wait for a 20% …

April 18, 2017 by Stephanie 25 Comments

🏠Why we got a conventional mortgage🏠 (without 20% down) instead of FHA or USDA

🏠Why we got a conventional …

March 20, 2017 by Stephanie 16 Comments

We’re Six Figures Under… AGAIN! (Our new financial goals)

We’re Six Figures Under… …

February 17, 2017 by Stephanie 51 Comments

What’s next?  Our goals now that we’re debt-free!

What’s next? Our goals …

July 25, 2016 by Stephanie 28 Comments

Job Changes, Budget Changes

Job Changes, Budget Changes

September 28, 2015 by Stephanie 39 Comments

Are your investments keeping up with the Joneses?

Are your investments keeping …

August 7, 2015 by Stephanie 4 Comments

Switching to Variable Income and How Variable Income Affects Our Budget

Switching to Variable Income …

June 19, 2015 by Stephanie 23 Comments

Health Insurance Options under the Affordable Care Act

Health Insurance Options under …

April 15, 2015 by Mike 10 Comments

A Year of Expenses– 2014 Annual Spending Totals for the SixFiguresUnder Family

A Year of Expenses– 2014 …

March 25, 2015 by Stephanie 7 Comments

An Unconventional Way to Save Money on Student Loan Interest

An Unconventional Way to Save …

March 16, 2015 by Stephanie 34 Comments

Why We Give Away 10% of Our Income Even Though We’re in Debt

Why We Give Away 10% of Our …

October 27, 2014 by Stephanie 89 Comments

Why We Chose Income Based Repayment (IBR) For Our Student Loans

Why We Chose Income Based …

October 15, 2014 by Stephanie 14 Comments

My First Interview

My First Interview

August 25, 2014 by Stephanie 15 Comments

On Insurance and Emergency Funds (and a bad day)

On Insurance and Emergency …

August 20, 2014 by Stephanie 41 Comments

How Health Insurance Under the ACA Affects Our Debt Repayment

How Health Insurance Under the …

February 10, 2014 by Mike 12 Comments

How we paid off $36,000 of Debt in 2013

How we paid off $36,000 of …

January 7, 2014 by Stephanie 34 Comments

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