NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast · Should You Manage Your Own Mortgage Escrow? Plus, Decoding 2026 Election Slogans
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set up a separate DIY escrow savings account and transfer roughly one-twelfth of the annual tax/insurance sum each month
roughly one twelfth of the total annual sum each month
“Open a separate savings account, name it after your college or your exam, and set up an automatic transfer every payday that roughly matches what you'll need across the year”
“If they did nothing else, but set up another offset account or another bank account, and just transferred $640 a week to that account”
“Investment bonds… are taxed within the structure each year at a maximum rate of 30%… and then there's no tax when you transfer later on”
“Move somewhere between 30 and 40% of every locum payment straight into your separate account the moment it lands and call it the tax account”
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