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My Favorite Resources

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BUDGETING TOOLS

Zeta - is a free couples personal finance tool. This tool will show you how you spend your money. This tool will help you create a budget, help you setup and track your financial goals and makes it easier for you and your spouse to manage your money

Mint- I like Mint because it is a free budgeting tool (available on the computer and on iOS or Android) that helps you manage your money, pay your bills and monitor your credit score in one place.  It is also user friendly and I'm a sucker for a great interface.

Personal Capital- Personal Capital is easy to use, free financial software that tracks your spending, cash flow, networth and investments

Financialdemics Paycheck Budget - if you are looking to budget by paycheck no matter how often you get paid, then pick up the paycheck budget template that will show your cashflow, monthly totals and yearly totals,


mAKE sOME mONEY

Pinecone Research - Complete online sureveys to help companies deliv3elop and improve products and receive points to redeem for cash and prizes.

User Testing- This site pays you for your thoughts on websites, mobile apps, and prototypes.


sAVE SOME mONEY

Retail Me Not- is a coupon code site (the app is also available) that provides you with the current deals from 100s of retailers.  I actually use it in conjunction with the Rakuten to save even more while shopping.

Rakuten (formally Ebates)- I love this site because you can save money and make money at the same time.  Ebates is a cash back shopping site (and now an app) that provides you the opportunity to receive cash back while shopping at your favorite stores online (and sometimes in store).


sMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES

Squarespace - I really like the flexibility of Square Space, especially since I can not build websites, but I was able to build my site easily on here.

Converkit -  Convertkit is my email provider and they make it easy to send content upgrades to my email list.

G Suite - Formerly Google Apps for Work, provides cloud and productivity services that are instrumental in running my business. 

Wave Accounting - Keeps all of my business finances in check. It's 100% free and it does invoices, accounting receipts, scanning, etc. and there are no limits or fees.

Sage 50 - If you like reliability of desktop accounting software with the ability to manage your books on the go then Sage 50 is the best of both worlds.

Hurdlr - Track your business mileage, expenses, income and tax deductions all in one place.


Debt Management & CREDIT RESOURCES

Annual Credit Report - You're able to get 1 free credit report once a year from each of the 3 credit bureaus.  My advice to you is to get one credit report every 4 months.

myFICO

My FICO- My FICO proviides you with your FICO credit score from all 3 credit bureaus.  90% of lenders use your FiCO score when making lending decisions.

Credit Sesame - Credit Seasame is a free service that provides members with their free TransUnion credit score and all their credit and loan information in one place.  Credit Sasame also offers free identity theft protection up to $50,000.

Qoins - I love this app. Qoins will use your spare change from everyday transactions and automatically pay off your student loan and credit card debt.


Books I love

These are the tools I use to manage my money!