Looking for the best program to get personal finances in order?
I’m looking for an amateur finances program that I could use to get my boyfriend and my money/spending organized. Nothing too complicated and free preferably. My finances are fairly simple but he travels a lot for business and has to keep track on expenses. Any suggestions would be helpful keeping in mind that I’m not financially savvy.
Thanks!
For tracking your spending and overall money management, mint.com is a good site. As someone else mentioned, you can link your accounts and it will keep track of what you spend and even attempt to automatically categorize it for you so you know how much you spent on gas, groceries, dining, etc.
For learning about your finances and getting some help planning them, I’ve actually started a site called Finavigation (http://finavigation.com). The site is free and includes a feature that analyzes your finances, gives you some pointers on things you can improve on, prioritizes your savings goals for you, and shows you the most efficient way to pay down your debts. It also has a blog with financial lessons so you can learn about the basics of personal finance and how to get ahead financially.
Good luck and I hope you find something that works for you!
I would try Quicken – it helps you track your expenses and financial goals and it is easy to use, you can link it to your accounts and it will automatically tell you how you are meeting the budget and etc. http://www.quicken.com
Also I hear good things about http://www.mint.com
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i second mint.com, i got out of debt in less than a year using that.
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mint.com is great. I have been using it for a few months. You add all your bank info and debt info and they track it for you. You can even get a budget going on there. The only downside is that if you belong to a smaller bank, they might not have them on there site yet so you can’t add that money. It is free!
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For tracking your spending and overall money management, mint.com is a good site. As someone else mentioned, you can link your accounts and it will keep track of what you spend and even attempt to automatically categorize it for you so you know how much you spent on gas, groceries, dining, etc.
For learning about your finances and getting some help planning them, I’ve actually started a site called Finavigation (http://finavigation.com). The site is free and includes a feature that analyzes your finances, gives you some pointers on things you can improve on, prioritizes your savings goals for you, and shows you the most efficient way to pay down your debts. It also has a blog with financial lessons so you can learn about the basics of personal finance and how to get ahead financially.
Good luck and I hope you find something that works for you!
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http://finavigation.com