What is the best way to organize my monthly bills?
There are only two general rules that apply here: * Pay all bills before any late payment fees are charged. * Keep accurate records. You will receive bills throughout the month and each bill will have a due date. These due dates will be different and spread throughout the month. Therefore, you should pay bills twice a month. Since some of the due dates will be the end of the month and you must expect a couple of days for mail, consider the 10th and 25th of the month as bill paying days. Sticking to this schedule will make it simple and you will avoid late fees. When a bill arrives in the mail, open it, take a quick look at it to make sure there is nothing unusual about it and put it in a file folder (the “To Be Paid” folder). On the two days each month you pay bills, simply take that file and pay the bills. That is also when you should look more carefully at each bill. That way, you will become more familiar with how you are spending your money and you can double check to make sure tha
