Hi <<First Name>>! How has your 2013 gone so far? We just finished
doing our taxes and paying the estimated quarterly taxes that are due now too. It is a little overwhelming. Oh, and great news, we officially wired the money over to pay off our rent house this past week! The official post will probably go up next week. One small mortgage down, one big one to go, and some very sad savings accounts to build up again...
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Crystal Shards
It is the beginning of a new month. So as you may know, here is my complete online income and expense breakdown of March 2013:
March 2013 Breakdown of Income and Expenses
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BFS - $3700.00
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Other Blogs - $2435.00
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Affiliate Ads - $0.00
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eBook - $125.00
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Crystal for Hire (Freelancing and Blog Advertising) - $9335.00
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Minus Expenses - $1605.00
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TOTAL - $13,990.00
*Doing the happy dance, Doing the happy dance!* Yay! This was a big reason we were able to pay off the rent house early. :-)
The rest of our income comes from
renting out our old house, renting out a
spare bedroom to my sister, and hubby's hobby jobs. He works from home with me, but he is also a high school varsity football official from August through December (if they are lucky and get playoff games) and now a softball official from February through some of April.
DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind that this income comes from 70-100 hour work weeks divided between me and Mr. BFS and we do end up paying about 32% in income taxes since we do have to cover the employer's part as well. I also was working 100+ hours a week personally for over a year before I was able to leave my day job and do this full time. I just wanted to be clear that this isn't easy money in any respect. I want to inspire everyone to accomplish their dreams, no matter what it takes. I am not saying it will be simple or fast. It just can be done.
Thanks for being the best readers ever!
Crystal and the BFS team
newsletter@budgetinginthefunstuff.com
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