Quicken is one of the best things that I have found to manage my finances. When I got married, my wife and I tried to manage our finances just using the basic checkbook ledger and writing out a budget on paper. But I've never really been that great about keeping the ledger up-to-date (even though by profession I am an accountant) and it was difficult to calculate whether we were staying within our budget. But in Quicken, we can categorize our expenses and incomes, manage our investments, download our transactions directly from our banks' web sites to reconcile, and the list goes on. It's made it a lot easier to manage our money... maybe even fun.
I have an older version of Quicken and they are starting to phase it out, though. We've decided that it will be a good investment to purchase the latest version. I found this web site called SoftwareOutlet.com, where I can get the Premier Version for $34.99 (or you can get the Basic version for $21.99), which is half the original cost according to the web site. That's a lot better than going to Best Buy and paying $79.99 for the Premier Version. I guess according to Best Buy, SoftwareOutlet.com is more than half the cost. :) Either way, though, it is a great investment.
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