In this article, we will explore 13 ways you can build your emergency savings fast. One of the easiest ways to protect your finances is by making sure you have a decent sized emergency fund. Without it, what do would you do during an emergency? Pull out and swipe a credit card? Take out a personal loan? Or borrow from family? None of those solutions sound ideal to me, which is why one of the first things I started working on was building my emergency savings. If you haven’t already heard, only 41 percent of Americans are prepared to handle a $500 emergency. Which is basically saying many are only one paycheck away from a good financial butt whooping if you know what I mean. If you’re living paycheck to paycheck, it seems impossible to come up with $500 for a car repair, or at the very least have the recommended minimum of $1,000 set aside to cover an insurance deductible. So, what do you if you run into a situation where you need money before you’ve built a decent sized emergency saving account? Well, if you need cash in a hurry, there are more than a few ways to […]
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