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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. Everything looked great on paper. When I first approached him about paying off these debts early, he said to me, “it’s not going to happen by clipping coupons.

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Meet Stacy. She and her husband paid off $20,000 in 8 Months.

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Live junk and debt free! Barry worked extra side carpentry jobs and we put all that money toward debt. I taught coupon and frugal living workshops and put any donated money toward the mortgage. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt.

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