Buyers: Saving For Homeownership Challenge - Analyze Your Spending Habits (Week 2)

Dated: January 9 2024

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It's time to take a look at your last 30 days of spending and analyze your expenses! Highlight unnecessary expenses and determine what you can eliminate. ⁠

⁠(Remember, this isn't for forever, this is just until you meet your goal...so don't hesitate making your goal "no unnecessary Target trips" because it's only temporary...you'll be back to shopping Hearth and Hand with Starbucks in tow in no time!)⁠

⁠You can print off your bank & credit card statements & go through them with an actual highlighter when you see something you didn't need to buy or an "extra" expense. Or you can do it digitally and create a Google Sheet list of those specific items and what they added up to.⁠

⁠This will give you a good glimpse into where your money is going that wasn't necessarily planned and can help you eliminate similar expenses now so you can instead funnel that money into savings for whatever your Week 1 goal was!⁠

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Angelica Olmsted

Angelica’s path into real estate is rooted in a life full of diverse experiences and a deep appreciation for what “home” means. Growing up as an Air Force brat meant constant moves, and later, h....

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