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

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What are your hobbies? That’s one of my hobbies.) I quit my job to focus on my own stuff (blogging, painting, rental property, my iPhone app, writing Kindle books, etc.). Quitting my job is one of the things being debt free has enabled us to do. have barely any bills and be able to live off passive income.

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

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Together they paid off $23,000 in 16 months. What are your hobbies? When my wife and I got married, we both made the decision that our first financial priority would be becoming debt free. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? Where are you from?

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What are YOUR Financial Goals? | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Earlier this year, my husband and I wrote a specific list of financial goals and named it Our Debt Freedom Plan. We used Dave Ramsey’s principles from his books, The Total Money Makeover and Financial Peace as a guide to create a step by step plan on how we will achieve our financial goals. S – specific.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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Together they blog about becoming debt free and location independence in order to serve the world at Life with a Mission. What are your hobbies? She blogs about books at [link]. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off $68,000 of debt in eight months.

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

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What are your hobbies? When my husband and I got married, we both brought debt into the marriage and I knew that I wanted to pay it off. I also wanted to pay off the student loans he had, and see him graduate without occurring any more debt. I initiated paying off the debt.

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Find Out How Olivia & Her Husband Paid off Their Mortgage in 33 Months

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What are your hobbies? We made sure we could afford the monthly payments on a 15 year mortgage, with the mindset that we would pay more each month. What inspired you to get debt free? There were two things that inspired us to pay off debt. We did follow Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps to becoming debt free.

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Richard of Frugality Magazine , where he shares frugal living tips for financial freedom. What are your hobbies? I was trapped in a cycle of low wages and accruing debt , and lost more than a few night’s sleep over my situation. Paying off debt and growing savings is a means to an end.

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