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

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About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) But it wasn’t a decade of nothing but paying off debt. When we first started we couldn’t have even conceived of becoming completely debt free. What inspired you to get debt free?

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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We met in college and currently both feel drawn toward higher education. When Jon and I were married, we acknowledged that high paying careers were not on the docket for us, knowing that we wanted to have both comfortable and generous lives we decided that we would have to be incredibly diligent with our resources.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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towards paying off your debt. because we aren’t eating out. and plan meals based off of that. We knew it would take us years to get out of debt! While we said no to eating out and going to the movies all the time, we. Eating out, buying shoes, whatever.

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

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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? What inspired you to get debt free?

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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I had also been teaching one class a quarter at a local career college so I increased to two classes a quarter. And I cut back on lifestyle – cooking food at home, taking the bus to work vs driving and paying for parking, etc. Share your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt.