Reply #41: What about housing costs? Mine is about $3000 [View All]

[nonconformist]

Let's see... we're a family of four, which includes two growing boys of 10 and almost 13...

Mortgage/home owner's insurance: $900
Food: $600
Car/insurance: $450
Internet/TV/Phone: $200
Electricity/Water: $250
Pets/School expenses: $100
Gas: $300
Misc: $200

Total (minimum): $3,000

There's probably something I forgot, but we have no debt outside of one car and our home.

We could live without the internet and TV, but that is really our only recreational spending outside of books.