| Today we are going to move in a different direction | | | | Positives: Quicken has some of the most complete |
| away from the Personal Financial Freedom Mini Series | | | | and professional personal budgeting software |
| and instead focus on Personal Budgeting Software | | | | programs available. There programs are excellent, give |
| Reviews. | | | | you almost any tool you could imagine exists, and |
| Alot of people like to use Excel make their personal | | | | quicken also provides good support. |
| finance budgeting. If one was interested in making their | | | | Negatives: More expensive that other financial |
| budget this way they need to be fairly skilled in Excel. I | | | | budgeting software programs out there. |
| took 3 college classes on Excel alone that is how I am | | | | 2) Living Within Your Means: Financial Budgeting |
| able to make my own budget through Excel. | | | | Software |
| Even if you don't have good Excel skills hope for you. | | | | Positives: Cheap. It includes a book about living within |
| There are many personal budget software templates | | | | your means, a budgeting and bill organizer program, 35 |
| available on the Internet that are free. If you go to | | | | money management articles, 10 budget calculating |
| Google and do a search for "personal budgeting | | | | forms, a bill pay management systems, and a credit |
| software" there will be a whole list of potential | | | | card interest software program. |
| templates. Of course if you choose to go with a free | | | | Negatives: Not as professional as quicken. |
| template/program it will require a little more work on | | | | I have given you information about what a Personal |
| your part. No problem with this at all though, like I said, I | | | | Finance Budget is and also shown you two excellent |
| go the free route myself. | | | | personal financial budgeting software programs and |
| If you have decided that you would like to be more | | | | you have absolutely no excuse not to get moving on |
| serious and professional about your personal financial | | | | this. |
| budget then I suggest you spend the small amount of | | | | Please do the intelligent and either start your own free |
| money ($15-$60) and find professional personal | | | | personal financial budget through Excel or make the |
| financial budgeting software. | | | | small purchase of a budgeting software program that |
| I have included some suggestions of a couple good | | | | will pay for itself hundreds of times over. |
| budgeting software programs available. If you are | | | | If you plan to take control of your finances when do |
| interested in these you can do a google search for | | | | you plan on doing it??? 8 months from now? 1 year? 6 |
| them or visit my blog to get the direct links. My blog | | | | years? If you can do it then why can't you do it |
| can be found at the bottom of this post in the authors | | | | today? Give yourself the peace of mind and start |
| section. | | | | today. |
| 1) Quicken Personal Financial Software | | | | |