

Setup is as simple as signing in (and likely answering security questions) to your various financial accounts, through Mint’s dashboard. Investments/retirement accounts (Stocks/401k/IRA/etc.)įor the purpose of providing a complete financial picture, even property, like cars and houses, can be accounted for as an asset in Mint’s system.

Mint works through third-party integrations with various financial institutions, including: Here’s how to automate your budget with Mint.

After a very basic setup, it runs almost completely on it’s own on the background. Though there are many ways to go about creating and following a budget, Intuit’s software, Mint, is among the most intuitive. But it can be empowering to know how much you have to spend on various things each month, and to not feel guilty when following through with planned payments in certain categories. It’s certainly a lot more fun to spend money with abandon, then deal with the consequences later. Sitting down and creating a budget is just about the least sexy thing you could ever do.
