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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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We still have a mortgage, so we’re technically not DEBT-FREE, but we paid off over 6 figures of business debts and student loans since 2012 and have wiped out our NON-mortgage debt. Our Debt Freedom Plan (October 2019 Update): Exact numbers have been omitted at this time. 5 Steps to Crush Debt.

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Find out How Chris & His Wife Paid off $52,000 in 7 Months

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Today’s Debt Free Story is a guest post from Chris Peach. We both went to college, we both worked hard, and we felt like we were fairly intelligent human beings. Finally in November 2011, just 7 months after we started, we looked down on paper and realized we were one payment away from debt freedom.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Yet after listening to Dave’s approach, I knew I didn’t want to be anybody’s slave and if I was being honest with myself, the total amount of debt payments we made every month was ridiculous. After the FPU class, we looked at our debts differently. If others could knock out debt, we could too. DONE November 2019.

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

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Olivia. Ryan is a high school math teacher and also officiates college basketball (November thru March). We are both planners and despise wasting money on debt/interest, which is what led us to pay off our mortgage as soon as we could! How much debt did you pay off?

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

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Robert presents 5 Steps Toward Post College Financial Bliss posted at The College Investor , saying, “Over my past few posts, I’ve highlighted key transitions that have financial ramifications in any college graduate’s life: The job search and managing life in your first apartment.

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