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Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 9, 2021
We didn’t carry over credit card balances, we paid off our car notes early, and the interest rate on the student loan was at a low 2.75%. A student loan? We also didn’t feel comfortable with Dave’s suggestion of a $1000 starter emergency fund, which is his step #1. We thought we were doing really well.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 6, 2020
Our emergency fund. I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. We reduced our spending where we could, but the money to pay any shortfall each month came from our emergency fund. It kept me up at night.
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Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 18, 2019
I turned 50 …I know, I know, I don’t look a day over 30, because 50 is the new 30… …anyway, on the last Friday of September, we sent in the very last payment to my husband’s student loan and our goal of paying off our non-mortgage debt by the end of this year is complete! We’re way behind on this.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 25, 2014
These were my college years, when I made lots of stupid decisions. When I’d do things like take out student loans even though I had a full-tuition scholarship and a sweet part-time job in the university cafeteria. What Were You Thinking? The “what were you thinking?” What do you think?
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
I also wanted to pay off the student loans he had, and see him graduate without occurring any more debt. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? The next goals in line would be to build up a 3 month emergency fund and save enough money to replace my car.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 4, 2011
Jason Price from One Money Design interviews Chuck Bentley: The Root of Riches Book Interview. Chuck wrote the book to challenge how people think about money.&#. Ryan from The Financial Student talks about Getting Rid of Student Loans. Sean Smarty from Grow Money talks about How to Invest During College.
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
I quit my job to focus on my own stuff (blogging, painting, rental property, my iPhone app, writing Kindle books, etc.). About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) After we got a taste of life without credit card debt, I wanted to pay off my student loan.
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