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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Jessica. I am a stay at home mom to 3 kiddos and a cockapoo named Otis. Along our part-time business my husband is a senior web designer for Ramsey Solutions aka Dave Ramsey. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? 130K in mortgage debt.

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Brian. He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. I started my blog Debt Discipline to help keep us accountable while paying off our debt.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

My husband and I have four kids ranging from age 3-8, and I am a stay-at-home mom. Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. and realized we should pay off this debt as quickly as possible.

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Increase Your Income | 31 Days to Find $1000

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Find a Part-Time Job. Dave Ramsey is famous for telling his listeners to start delivering pizzas to claw their way out of debt. She was a stay at home mother and the hours fit her husband’s work schedule. Find a Seasonal Part-Time Retail Job. Find a Seasonal Part-Time Retail Job.

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

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It’s no secret, I am fascinated, encouraged, and border-line obsessed with debt freedom. The idea of becoming debt free makes me downright giddy. So I love to hear the success stories of others who have found debt freedom. What did they specifically do to become debt free? 10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free.

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Revenge Spending and Other Married Money Tricks

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The New York Daily news reported that wife of Yankee ball player Alex Rodriguez’s wife ran up credit card debt of $100,000 when she found out about a dalliance between he and Madonna. At the time, I was working part time for about 8 hours a weekend, earning minimum wage. My own examples are a bit more mundane.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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He then advises paying off your non-mortgage debt before fully funding an emergency fund with 3 – 6 months worth of expenses. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more. 4 – Skip the AM drive-thru and eat breakfast at home.