Budget Basics

Budget Basics

January 22, 2018 11:55 am PST.

Do you know what percentage of your income should go to housing Transportation? Food? Find out when Sands & Associates’ Blair Mantin takes us through the basics of budgeting and reveals the biggest mistake people make.

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