Home Finance for CouplesResolve Money Problems in Marriage and

Learn Easy Steps to Manage Family Budget

by Leo Ostapiv

the Book

From the Author“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” – Ayn Rand.

So, take your place behind the wheel and have a pleasant ride with my book.

Chapter 1. Family Glue

Shared dreams and goals are the greatest interest for this particular book, since they often require money.

Since this is a book about finance, we are going to be more specific and talk about financial goals.

Chapter 2. Reasons to Maintain a Family Budget: How to Structure It

and Who Is Responsible

Your greatest motive is to move faster as a family, and budgeting is the perfect measuring tool for the dynamics of your income and general welfare.

Monthly allowance for personal needs of each partner is important.

Chapter 3. Values to Understand and the Right Ways to Talk About

Money with Your Loved One

Perform a financial-values diagnosis of your marriage. (10 questions)

Recommendations for Both Partners.

Recommendations for Men

Recommendations for Women

Technical Chapters “How to” Chapter 4. Family Financial Glossary

Chapter 5. Basic Technique: Expenses only

Chapter 6. Regular Technique: Incomes and Expenses

Chapter 7. Advanced Technique: Family Assets, Liabilities and Income Statement

Chapter 8. Chapter 8. Tips on Budgeting and Saving Money

Three practical approaches to planning your goals, incomes and expenses

Universal things related to money saving process. I call them Automate. Play. Visualize

Chapter 9. Common Mistakes to Avoid

How to deal with financial infidelity

How to make budgeting time efficient.

Occasional family financial health checkups.

Chapter 10. Make Your Dreams Come True: Strategies to Make

Your Family Financially SuccessfulDebt

Savings

Investments

Chapter 11. Case StudiesWhen speaking about the financial success of the family, nobody names the exact amount in dollars. There’s no exact amount that once reached, a family can consider themselves as financially successful. Couples think of financial success as an ability to afford what you want and internal comfort about family money. Therefore, financial success is not measurable by the amount in dollars, but by the level of the quality of life.

Chapter 12. “How a Smartphone Can Improve Your Home finances” How the

Smartphone Helps the Author on a Day-to-Day Basis

Promising startups in personal finance

Leo OstapivMy personal-finance journey began when I started recording the expenses in Microsoft Excel in 2008. The underlying reason was to discover why I had a decent salary, modest lifestyle and yet neither assets nor savings…

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