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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

My husband and I bought our first home in 2013 when interest rates and housing prices were pretty low. We knew that I would likely not be working full time much longer as we wanted to start a family, so we chose a house that was in a low price range and got a 15-year mortgage. What’s your best frugal win?

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

Family Balance Sheet

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Carrie. Yep, we’re newlyweds and eloped together in December 2013. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? After my first marriage fell apart, I ended up with over $14,000 of consumer debt, made up of a car loan and credit cards. Where are you from?

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A mid-year update.

Finally Frugal

The good news is that I am on schedule to make more from my assorted part time jobs than I do at the full time job (now do you understand why I've not had the time or energy to update my blog more frequently?) So for those of you out there who are in debt up to your eyeballs (or armpits, or belly button.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

’ Financial Planning Ashley presents Should I Get Married with Debt? Several weeks ago, I made the decision that it was about time to start looking for a new full time job. Do you have thousands of dollars worth of student loan debt and/or credit card debt? I find myself looking more and more often.

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