If your furniture is damaged in a flood, most renters in South End Columbus will have to either obtain a loan or
dip into their emergency fund in order to refurnish the house.
Not exact matches
Yes, you'll need to take risks
in business but if that involves
dipping into your
emergency fund, retirement, the kid's college
fund or going
into high - interest debt, take a step back and reconsider.
I got a flat on my way home from work and need to transfer $ 120 from my
emergency fund to my checking account to cover the expense, not, I'm going shopping and, according to the balance on my checking account I have $ 5,000 to spend, even though
in reality $ 2,500 of that is my
emergency fund and I risk
dipping into it.
In these situations, it makes sense to
dip into your
emergency fund to cover an underestimated known unknown.
But she also has to be determined not to
dip into her long - term savings, so she has to set up a separate
emergency fund to deal with those interruptions
in income she experiences as a freelancer.
You can also put your
emergency fund in an online checking account or a money market account, just make sure you gain some interest (it will not be a lot) on your money and it's not easy to access, so you can't
dip into it when the shoes you've been stalking goes on sale.
Having this money
in a different account will prevent you from
dipping into that
emergency fund if you're just a little short of your goal.
Having life insurance
in place for your spouse
in order to cover these expenses can be a much better alternative than
dipping into your
emergency fund or investments — or worse, putting these costs on credit, with a balance to pay off for many years.
It's okay to
dip into an
emergency fund to cover those basic needs you outlined
in the last step.