January 2024 Budget With Me In My Fave App: Quicken Simplifi

Today I'm sharing my actual budget using Quicken Simplifi! While I am a spreadsheet girly, I also love using a budgeting app to help set up my budget and easily track my expenses and categories. I've been using Simplifi for a few months now and have loved the platform in helping with my budget.

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[SnackyHarris]

Thank you for taking the time to geek out and make this video. Trying to start my first family budget and I’m looking forward to doing this with this tool!

[sharonbudin]

My small town local bank doesn't connect automatically, but I finally figured out how to pull the money in through a spreadsheet. Super helpful - thanks for this video!

[karihosny]

Your property is worth less than you think. Even though the construction company incentivize you to pay all your closing cost and to pay down your rate. The actual price of the home is what you paid minus what they incentive you with. They incentivize you because they wanted to keep the home prices up in the neighborhood. It's there way of manipulating the home prices so your neighbor house won't sink down in value to stabilize the housing market.

[ymmichael]

Is there a good way in Simplifi to handle rollover budgets - for example, my Costco runs for household stuff that happen every 2-3 months?
And is there a more compressed view available for planned spending? Each item there is huge, it adds nothing and takes away from an overview ability.

[williamwarren]

Marissa so glad to see you !!!! That means you’re getting settled in and unpacked ! Our favorite months here are March - May and then Sept - November we will leave dodge ( AZ ) June - August cause it’s just tooo hot - glenda in Mesa !

[PacisEritVobiscum]

Hi Marissa. Love your videos!! Please can you do a tutorial on how you make your videos? Like how did you screen record and time it with your camera video recording. Thanks very much. Also will there be a house tour in the near future?

[bobbiebsweet]

Also, If I had to do it over. I would have saved for college differently. In a different savings vehicle. One is going military, so basically my other kiddo could use that money if needed...Yet I am looking into rolling it all over into a different financial vehicle because a new rule came out where you can. Plus, When I calculate how much it made....I was disappointed.

[allenjeng]

Thank you for your excellent video. Can you compare Quicken Simplifi and. Quicken Deluxe?

[dhuratadobbins]

Here's a question for you, if you move money around from one account to another, will that move from the original account?

[PaulSmith-nb]

do you help people set up their budgets & other on going services

[PineknotterJim]

Can you link Simplifi to your credit cards? We pay a lot of bills that way to maximize points. Thanks in advance - great video!!

[whatsyourexcuse]

I had to laugh when you talked about utilities being so high and they’ll be lower in coming months. My utilities are around $700 on a small house, thanks California.

[michaelsteverson]

Can't add Apple Card or Apple Savings Account - my bank checking account adds but not my credit card.

[kdlee]

Are you sure Mint is closing? You said that before about Mint a couple months ago yet it still works

[aspendoran]

Have you tried YNAB? I love spreadsheets too and YNAB is AWESOME

[mollymontgomery]

Does the app automatically pull in and populate spending based on your checking/savings account? I use every dollar but honestly life is so busy that I forgot to track my spending and would love to find something that is a bit more automated. Great tutorial btw!

[larissanicole]

Do you offer financial advice services? I have the slightest idea how to save with our income.

[joshuathendrix]

I'm confused. Is this a real budget? Or just for the video? Only $500 for groceries? I wish!!! :) Our family of 4 budgets $1300 for groceries, and we've been going over some?!?

[lizs]

I stopped watching your budgeting videos because they are unrelatable, and are almost like a flex IMO. I mean that's great that you make almost 10, 000 per month, but no "average" family makes that. So when I see your spreadsheets and what you have to work with, my main thought is, "If only we made that much, " and then I don't even care about the rest of the video. Just being honest.