What is your core monthly expenses?

[MaxBell]

I rent my house out to other people, so $0. (I live in the basement)

I steal all my groceries, so $0.

Aaaand, that's about it. Oh, $40 for internet and $50 for my phone.

Total: $90/month.

[rwh11385]

just checked out that Mint site. Uhhhh I think I will stick with my quick books.

Just seems to have a slight smell of fish to me, as anything that is wanting me to up load all of my personal financial data and is free, with no obvious signs of advertising. Money is coming from somewhere to keep and develop and pay for the servers and security and operating costs, seems like a data mine for someone to me


*Hurry's and adds more tinfoil to his helmet*

Yeah, like someone else mentioned... providing your data to Mint or Quickbooks, it's the same company.

Along those same lines, Quizzle has suggestions to reduce spending and gives you a free credit score check. (with advice on how to improve, save more). The links to pay services is pretty obvious, like re-financing home or professional advice.

https://www.quizzle.com/

[herbivor]

$9500, wife, 2 kids, no car payments but daycare is $2k by itself. Can't wait til those little bastards go to public school.

[SoEm0]

Rent= 225
Phone= 100
Insurance on 2 cars= 75 combined
Interwebs= 30

Let's say right around 400 with gas and food.

[750]

If I average bills through the year(cost more to keep ac here in the summer then to heat in the winter) right at 1700.
Hate the fact some of you all are getting internet cable for less. Here cost me 70 a month for comcast.

[nando]

mortgage - $1100 (taxes/insurance included)
gas - $100
car insurance - $75 (pays for my wife's car too)
internet - $67
cell phone - $120 (pays for wife's too)
debts - $250-1000 (depending on what I've put on my cards)
food - probably $300-400
elect/propane - $100
garbage - $15
eating out - probably $100-200 (I really try to control this, it can get expensive fast!)

not bad considering I pay all the bills and have a kid too. :)

I also save about $300 a month (not including 401k/roth/retirement accounts)

[James21]

mortgage - $1000 (taxes/insurance included)
gas - $150
car insurance - $215 (pays for my wife's car and my Nova)
Dish Network-60
cell phone - $100 (pays for wife's too)
food -$300-400
elect/propane - $100
garbage - $25
Water-30
Gym membership-40
Massage membership- 100

-2150 ish

[funcrew]

This is really simple. Take your age X $100/month and there's your monthly nut, assuming you rent/own your own place. After your kids get out of grad school, then the grandchild expenses kick in. The only relief you get is when you die.

[M3 Cereal]

well fuck, college 23,000 a year after 17,000 worth of artist grants.......
gas, what ever i put in my body for biking.
food <200
insurance 100
fish 3$
this is what life is like in Philly

[nando]

I signed up for Mint.com yesterday - wow. it's perfect for a procrastinator like myself. My biggest issue financially has always been bills spread out over many accounts that are hard to remember.. never had a major problem, but I've been a couple days late on a payment because of it. I downloaded the Android app and I can check the balances of all my accounts in one place. Awesome - now I don't have to use the completely horrible online interfaces of most of my banks.

now I can see how realistic my goal of eliminating all of my debt by summer is. It won't be easy but I'm going to be close. :)

[DEV0 E30]

I signed up for Mint.com yesterday - wow. it's perfect for a procrastinator like myself. My biggest issue financially has always been bills spread out over many accounts that are hard to remember.. never had a major problem, but I've been a couple days late on a payment because of it. I downloaded the Android app and I can check the balances of all my accounts in one place. Awesome - now I don't have to use the completely horrible online interfaces of most of my banks.

now I can see how realistic my goal of eliminating all of my debt by summer is. It won't be easy but I'm going to be close. :)

Told you. :)

[nando]

yeah. I'm not really worried about the personal info - you can PIN the phone app (in addition to the password) and it doesn't let you do anything other than see balances. Compared to the personal info shared on facebook..

[slammin.e28]

Core:

Phone
Insurance
Gas
Food
CC
Loan

Total ~$800/month give or take $200.

Also add my parts bill at work which usually totals over $500 each month and you get the picture.

[InuFaye]

Core:
Car Loan
Gas
Insurance.
Gym

[gte175x]

Insurance (e30): $57.50
Insurance (Mini): $9.50
Gas: $75
Dog: $25
Mortgage (minus rental income) & utilities: $659
Food and alcohol: $600

I should really cut down on the restaurants and vodka.

Erik

seems low as hell for San Jose....nice job