Comments on: Five Budgeting Pitfalls to Avoid

By: joeplemon

joeplemon — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:56:49 +0000

@Real Estate,
As I work with people on their finances, I always tell them that their budget will NOT work the first month. I want to give them a taste of reality so they won’t bail out prematurely. Besides, as you say, some people are looking for an excuse to throw in the towel. I don’t want to give them that excuse.

By: Real Estate Taxes

Real Estate Taxes — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:50:39 +0000

This is a great post. Everyone does need more than one month to get used to a budget. Also, throwing in the towel after one month of “failure” is probably just a way to get back to spending more than you should be.

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