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Dev Raga Personal Finance

545 budgeting types explained

Season 5
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In this episode Dev unpacks 6 budget types and the pros & cons of each. He walks through:


๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿพ the 50/30/20 budgetย 

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ cash stuffing / envelope system

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป zero based budget

๐Ÿ‘‰ pay yourself first budget

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ the no budget budget

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ and Dev's personal budget strategy


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