Family Balance Sheet

MAY 6, 2020

How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. We’d survived the dip in 2007, carried no credit card debt, and we were contributing to our retirement. Our small business was going well, so we said so long to renting office space and purchased a commercial property in the summer of 2012. Our first storm: 2007.

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Debt Emergency Fund 2007 2020 130

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 4, 2014

Welcome to Debt Free Stories! They paid off $36,000 in debt and cash flowed graduate school. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? After graduating with our bachelor’s degrees Jon and I had about $36,000 in debt between us. What inspired you to get debt free? They blog at 2 Copper Coins.

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Debt Free Debt Goals Student 243

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 22, 2020

It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts. How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. After the first year, the new business debt weighed on me.

Debt 130

Debt Health Insurance Insurance Budgeting 130

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

As I reflect back to January 2016, I started that year pretty determined to pay off the balance of our non-mortgage debts. We had quite a bit of momentum coming out of 2015 and I never doubted our own abilities. Unfortunately, we did not hit that goal and in part, have made some major changes to our Debt Freedom Plan.

Debt 100

Debt 2017 Student 2016 100

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We had to sell it less than 3 years after buying it, and between that and the market timing (bought in 2009, sold in 2012), we were lucky to come out of the whole situation with our original mortgage paid off completely by the sale! I was in 4th grade, and had 2 younger siblings when they began their debt-repayment journey.

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 191

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

The College Investor: Start Automatic Investing in 2012 – How you can automate your investing in 2012 the easy way. The Debt Princess: The Kool-Aid Effect: The Relationship Between the Poor & Nutrition – A look into how the working poor are eating unhealthy. I promise you it will be worth your time.

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Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220