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How to Avoid Overbuying

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Buying furniture and appliances. The biggest mistake that new homeowners make after purchasing a home is going heavily into debt to finance their purchases. The homeowners quickly find themselves trying to make mortgage payments while repaying high interest credit card debt at the same time.

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

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John presents The Goal of Work is Retirement: Rule 10 posted at Married with Debt , saying, “This is Rule 10 in my 10 Rules to Eliminate Debt and Change Your Life The reasons I started Married with Debt are twofold: to help people get out of debt, and help them change their lives.

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