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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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That was in 2008, so you might imagine how that turned out! I wasn’t comfortable keeping only $1,000 in an emergency fund with two little ones and just one income, so we didn’t follow that part of his plan. After we had kids, though, I stayed home, so we continued making the minimum payment for years.

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