How much do you make
Jun 7, 2014, 12:32 pm
#77
Join Date: May 2014
Location: LAX
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Watch for the lightining or you may get struck!
Wife and I are still going strong and we both easily surpass that each month. I spend ~1-2 hours per day on average. That is including all the bank runs, store runs, and the spreadsheet upkeep on transactions....more like a part-time hobby that pays very well
. I am very anal and keep extremely detailed records, or it would not be that much time spent.
Wife and I are still going strong and we both easily surpass that each month. I spend ~1-2 hours per day on average. That is including all the bank runs, store runs, and the spreadsheet upkeep on transactions....more like a part-time hobby that pays very well
. I am very anal and keep extremely detailed records, or it would not be that much time spent.
Jun 7, 2014, 1:39 pm
#78
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,036
Watch for the lightining or you may get struck!
Wife and I are still going strong and we both easily surpass that each month. I spend ~1-2 hours per day on average. That is including all the bank runs, store runs, and the spreadsheet upkeep on transactions....more like a part-time hobby that pays very well. I am very anal and keep extremely detailed records, or it would not be that much time spent.
Wife and I are still going strong and we both easily surpass that each month. I spend ~1-2 hours per day on average. That is including all the bank runs, store runs, and the spreadsheet upkeep on transactions....more like a part-time hobby that pays very well
. I am very anal and keep extremely detailed records, or it would not be that much time spent.
Jun 7, 2014, 8:43 pm
#79
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: SFO
Posts: 175
I could be making millions per month if I stopped dithering around reading blogs and websites about MS thinking there's just one more "secret" I have to discover. The secret probably is to get up off my arse, do more and find my comfort level. Maybe because I usually channel Joe Btfsplk, I'm skittish.
Jun 8, 2014, 1:45 am
#80
Formerly known as FTRox87
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: TX
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I am the exact same way. But my gf won't get credit cards or sign up for anything for me, so I do everything solo. I spend a lot of useless time on spreadsheet upkeep because I need to make sure it is all accounted for. At the same time I do this mostly during the day at my full time job that pays me to do nothing all day
Jun 8, 2014, 2:57 am
#81
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I am the exact same way. But my gf won't get credit cards or sign up for anything for me, so I do everything solo. I spend a lot of useless time on spreadsheet upkeep because I need to make sure it is all accounted for. At the same time I do this mostly during the day at my full time job that pays me to do nothing all day
Jun 8, 2014, 6:54 am
#82
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Chicago
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Jun 8, 2014, 12:49 pm
#84
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: New Jersey
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I am the exact same way. But my gf won't get credit cards or sign up for anything for me, so I do everything solo. I spend a lot of useless time on spreadsheet upkeep because I need to make sure it is all accounted for. At the same time I do this mostly during the day at my full time job that pays me to do nothing all day
I find when I did not do my spreadsheet, the amount of ms suffered greatly, then you spend even more time trying to figure out what all gets paid.... Especially if you charge to multiple credit cards and deposit to multiple bank accounts.
Jun 8, 2014, 1:01 pm
#85
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,944
Might be hard, at least at first. Going on a date, then you just have to make a detour to two CVSs to buy large amounts of gift cards, asking is she minds stopping at some walmarts on the way there and back, going to a Target, and then explaining in great detail why this is so wonderful. Some people, strangely, don't see this as attractive.
Jun 8, 2014, 1:02 pm
#86
Formerly known as FTRox87
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: TX
Programs: AA/US 1M, AS, BA, CX, EK, EY, JL, KE, LH, NH, OS, QF, QR, TG, UA/CO | *$G
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Might be hard, at least at first. Going on a date, then you just have to make a detour to two CVSs to buy large amounts of gift cards, asking is she minds stopping at some walmarts on the way there and back, going to a Target, and then explaining in great detail why this is so wonderful. Some people, strangely, don't see this as attractive.
if she aint MSin on the first date, she's gettin kicked to the curb. aint nobody got time fo dat gotta roll efficient.
Jun 8, 2014, 9:16 pm
#87
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Jun 8, 2014, 11:13 pm
#88
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 829
Doing spreadsheet upkeep may seem like useless time, but I promise, it is not.
I find when I did not do my spreadsheet, the amount of ms suffered greatly, then you spend even more time trying to figure out what all gets paid.... Especially if you charge to multiple credit cards and deposit to multiple bank accounts.
I find when I did not do my spreadsheet, the amount of ms suffered greatly, then you spend even more time trying to figure out what all gets paid.... Especially if you charge to multiple credit cards and deposit to multiple bank accounts.
except when I put it in, I tend to forget all about it.
for me checking expenses and balances is way more useful.
but to each their own.
Jun 9, 2014, 12:20 am
#89
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Spreadsheets are mandatory if you are running any kind of serious #'s. If you are ever audited...you will wish you had detailed spreadsheets showing where all the $ is coming from/going to.
Jun 9, 2014, 6:14 am
#90
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Land of the parrots and parrotheads
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Gotta have those spreadsheets with volume. And not just for auditing, as you heed to keep a handle on the business - credit line utilization, payment due dates, account names and passwords, etc. For those passwords do not record the password but record a reference to the password that might help you recall it.