kamundu wrote:I'm not a financial guru, but this are the basics
An ideal family budget ( combined incomes of you and your spouse )
Living expenses about 60 % of which 15% is your rent and also includes food, clothing , fuel , school fees
Short term investment 10%
Long term investment which (includes mortgage )15% ( how I wonder how guys are affording 20M houses!)
Tithe 10%
Unforeseen expenses 5%
Are we talking about gross or net income?
Where would you classify expenses such as paying loans(e.g. HELB, personal, car, SACCO etc)