Budgeting Steps
1. We gather your financial paperwork.
2.Calculate your Income.
3.Create a list of monthly expenses.
4.Determine Fixed & Variable expenses.
5.Total your monthly income & expenses.
6.Make adjustments to expenses.
Gathering your bank statements gives us the full picture of where your money is going and how it is being managed. Having :
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Bank Statements
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Investments
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Utility Bills
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Paystubs
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Credit Card Bills
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Receipts from the last 3 months
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Mortgage/Auto Loan statements
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The more the better.
Having these documents can give us an idea of what is fixed and what can be rearranged for example maybe we can get you a lower interest rate on your cars, loans, etc.
We find fixed expenses that are MANDATORY expenses that you pay the same amount each time. For example:
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mortgage/rent,
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car
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childcare
Then we calculate all your variable expenses that change from month to month. For example:
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Groceries
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Gas
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Entertainment
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Eating Out/ Entertainment​
If your expenses are higher than your income, find areas in your variable expenses, find areas in your variable expenses you can cut out (eating out or extra memberships you can cut out)
Our goal is to aim to have your income and expenses column to be equal or reach your savings, investment goal.
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