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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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My motto has always been “living well on less” and now it will be “living well on (even) less” However, there are a few things that we will not give up so I will need to add to our budget. We will cut back, but it is unrealistic for me to say we won’t eat out at all this year.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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It wasn’t that we had friction over money in our marriage, but as the business & Family Office Manager , I had taken on the stress of that cash flow crisis and tried to work it all out by myself. A 2017 Update: Since 2013, we have made incredible strides towards paying off our non-mortgage loans. We bought our home in 2001.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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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. year-old Honda Odyssey needed four new tires, but before we bought them, we started looking for a vehicle from 2016 or 2017. Leading up to it, we thought we were golden. Yep, life was good.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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We won’t tell you what it had profited, but its done VERY well – it all started with a small idea that we could chew off and God blessed it. Well that’s not in the budget so you better sell something on craigslist… Lamp sold, go get a pedi now. Drinking water when you eat out. What am I good at?

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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Our business was doing very well, and we were excited about the opportunity to own a property outside of our home. An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017. Our monthly costs have gone up since 2017, but we’re still paying much less than we would with traditional health insurance. Everything looked great on paper.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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We hit our Annual Household Portion (kind of like a deductible) of $10,000 with Medi-Share in 2017 when our daughter had an unexpected medical condition arise that required multiple tests, 3 surgeries, and medication. An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017. 2017 Update. Read our Health Insurance Story: . 2016 Update.