Ring in the new year with one less mortgage payment… courtesy of LendingTree! Be sure to click here, become a fan and submit your entry for your chance to win! We’ll be running this contest all the way through the end of 2011 (contest ends 12/31/11 at 11:59pm EST). After some hefty holiday spending, wouldn’t it be nice to take a break from making your mortgage payment?
As the first winner of the LendingTree Home CFO contest, we asked Lisa to share with us her budgeting tips, money management advice, and financial tips. Thanks for sharing Lisa!
My husband, Shawn, and I are still thrilled to know we were winners of the Home CFO contest. I love contests but I rarely win (still waiting on the lottery), so it was so rewarding to win something on the basis of hard work, not just chance. We’ve focused throughout our marriage on making smart decisions with our money and I’m happy to share some of what works for us. I initially thought that there would be some formula or “secret” to managing finances but I think you’ll find that what we do is pretty basic stuff that goes a long way.
Below you’ll find a simple template I designed based on various systems (I think a combination of Suze Orman and …
While we sort through all the financial tips and money-management advice we’ve received from June’s contest submissions, we’re thrilled to announce that Lisa Giacobbe, a counseling therapist for foster children in Baltimore, is the winner of the May LendingTree Home CFO Contest. For her money management tip, Lisa will be awarded a free month’s mortgage payment – on us!
Lisa’s winning tip was to delay gratification to pay down debt which not only shows financial responsibility but also strategic planning. Lisa and her husband Shawn outlined an aggressive savings plan to ensure a healthy financial future and graciously shared her advice with the LendingTree community
“In the last four years, my husband, Shawn, and I have managed our finances by delaying gratification so we could pay off debt and have a better quality of life down the road,” said Lisa. By sticking to an outlined budget, Lisa and Shawn are able …
