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About Me

41 year old health care professional...I'm a single parent with 2 children. I am trying to eliminate my student loans. I'm considering a career change in a few years.

***Debt--as of 1/11/09***:

Car Loan @ 3.9%: $4,024.26
Student Loan @ 3%: $12,513.27

~CAR LOAN BALANCE~

4/28/09: $2,487.27
5/19/09: $2,396.41
5/21/09: $2,099.88
6/05/09: paid in full

~STUDENT LOAN BALANCE~

1/30/09: $12,426.40
2/15/09: $12,339.37
3/13/09: $12,249.07
4/12/09: $12,161.59
5/15/09: $12,072.89
7/15/09: $11,905.67

***2009 Goals***

[X]Pay off car loan
[ ]Extra Income* Savings Goal: $8,000

*Includes surveys, mystery shopping, rebates/refunds, Saturday job income, CC cashback, Ebay/Amazon/Craigslist profits, interest earnings, etc.

***Extra Income Fund***

05/29/09-$ 5,189.49
06/05/09-$(2,102.00)
06/05/09-$ 3,087.49
06/07/09-$ 3,195.70
06/12/09-$ 3,677.13
07/01/09-$ 4,267.09
07/09/09-$ 4,282.77
07/13/09-$ 4,772.66
07/26/09-$ 5,353.33
07/31/09-$ 5,356.72
08/15/09-$ 5,902.42
09/06/09-$ 6,879.02

Quicken Online

October 13th, 2008 at 03:52 pm

Today, I received an email that Quicken Online is free as of 10/13!! I had signed up for the 60 day free trial, then it was supposed to go to $2.99/month after that. I like the website and its' features; however, there are some glitches I think that still need to be addressed.

I am happy that it is now free because I probably would have canceled my account after the 60 days. I don't think it is even worth the $2.99/month since the site still needs some work done on it.

Posted in Budgeting | 7 Comments »

7 Responses to “Quicken Online”

creditcardfree Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 03:58 pm

Wow...that is cool. I will have to check it out.
dmontngrey Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 04:29 pm

Neat! I have to check this out myself. I was bored this evening and in need of something financial to occupy myself with. Thanks!

What sort of glitches have you noticed?
Blue Eyes Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 04:44 pm

dmontngrey--Well, most recently (just tonight) I went to access my account and could not sign in. I made a new password thinking I would still be able to access everything that I had already entered as far as account #s , and all my info was completely wiped out...GONE! Now I have to start all over entering all my bank, CC, and investment accounts again. For another thing, I don't think the section labeled "am I living within my means" is accurate. Almost all of the categories need adjusted on the transaction page also. When I transfer money from checking to savings for example...I don't think it is allocated properly. These are reasons why I wouldn't pay for the service. There is too much work to do after transactions are electronically transferred to Quicken, IMO.
dmontngrey Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 05:02 pm

Oh that would REALLY aggravate me as this is going to take HOURS for me to get set up in the first place. I have too many accounts - yes, a hobby of mine I really need to downsize. I guess I wont go crazy trying to enter TOO much stuff tonight. lol....

Come to think of it: the first account aggregation site I tried out was My Portfolio through BOA and there was a problem linking my new checking account. Once their tech support fixed the problem *POOF* my accounts weren't there anymore. I gave up on that one really fast.

I am VERY interested in checking out Quicken though!
Single Guy Money Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 06:34 pm

Yeah, I'm glad it's free too because I probably would have cancelled my account.
Broken Arrow Says:
October 14th, 2008 at 08:06 am

There's also Mint and Yodlee if you want to shop around. Maybe Buxfer too.
dmontngrey Says:
October 14th, 2008 at 10:42 am

I'm liking Yodlee myself so far. Makes reconciling credit card accounts EASY for me. I don't like Mint so much. It keeps saying they can't log in to my accounts half the time. I can't even link my main bank and it's not a small no-name bank. Just always looking out for something new!

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