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Money Matters: Brilliant Hacks to Consider Before Purchasing a New Home

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Learn How Mortgages Work and What You May Need to Pay Before you make a final decision on a house, it is important to understand how mortgages work and how much you may have to pay to land the property. If you find any loans or purchases that you did not make, then report them to the credit borough immediately.

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Where I found EXTRA Money in May 2021

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I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. I calculate the per-hour rate from my plasma donations to make sure it’s a good use of my time. In fact, I found an old blog post of mine recently where I shared how I made over $300 at our annual neighborhood yard sale!

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Cool Things I Read This Week

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Reader Asks About Selling Home to Pay Off Debt – [link] I agree. Makes me feel bad for wanting to watch them play. #. Paying Debt vs. Saving Money [link] I say pay off debt. Yakezie Blog Swap # 3 Roundup – [link] Check out what we all splurge on. #.

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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Charissa. She helps readers gain control of their finances and live well on a budget at her blog Cook with a Shoe . However, since paying off our debt, I have become a much bigger fan of the baby steps laid out by Dave Ramsey and really see the wisdom in paying off debt in that fashion.

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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. Make paying off debt a priority. If you’re going to get serious about becoming debt free, you have to make that your first priority. Who initiated the debt free goal?

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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She and her husband paid off $147,000 in debt–including their home. After paying off the debt, she was able to quit her job to pursue her passion. She blogs at The Debt Myth. I quit my job to focus on my own stuff (blogging, painting, rental property, my iPhone app, writing Kindle books, etc.).

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Friday Links – Win an iPad Mini Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It really makes me happy. My friend Jackie over at The Debt Myth has created a Pay Off Debt App which I think is very cool. She has lived the journey of being sunken in debt and then freeing herself and now she is trying to help others do the same with her new app. Greetings and happy Friday.

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