Comments on: Tracking Debt and Managing My Budget with Mint.com – Month 1 http://creditshout.com/tracking-debt-and-managing-my-budget-with-mint-com-month-1/ Credit Card Reviews and Advice Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:12:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dawn http://creditshout.com/tracking-debt-and-managing-my-budget-with-mint-com-month-1/comment-page-1/#comment-3691 Dawn Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:34:35 +0000 http://creditshout.com/?p=3394#comment-3691 Carissa, That would qualify as "manually tracking income and expenses" and it's supposedly in the works, but not available yet. Right now, the lack of being able to track cash is a key weakness of the program. I didn't mention that because I very, very rarely use cash. Also, if you take the cash out of your bank account, Mint.com will track it as a withdrawal, but it won't be itemized. I realized that most of my money I can't account for is spent in cash-- a cup of coffee here, a bagel there, a stuffed animal for my daughter... it all adds up! Carissa,
That would qualify as “manually tracking income and expenses” and it’s supposedly in the works, but not available yet.

Right now, the lack of being able to track cash is a key weakness of the program. I didn’t mention that because I very, very rarely use cash. Also, if you take the cash out of your bank account, Mint.com will track it as a withdrawal, but it won’t be itemized.

I realized that most of my money I can’t account for is spent in cash– a cup of coffee here, a bagel there, a stuffed animal for my daughter… it all adds up!

]]> By: Carissa http://creditshout.com/tracking-debt-and-managing-my-budget-with-mint-com-month-1/comment-page-1/#comment-3689 Carissa Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:50:04 +0000 http://creditshout.com/?p=3394#comment-3689 I just started using mint and I really like it, but sometimes I actually use cash and I don't see a place to enter cash expenditures. Am I overlooking it? I just started using mint and I really like it, but sometimes I actually use cash and I don’t see a place to enter cash expenditures. Am I overlooking it?

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