Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
The debt included about $30,000 in student loans, some medical debt, IRS debt, and a small amount on a credit card. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. Finances have definitely been the biggest strain in our 11 years of marriage. Daniel does all the day-to-day finances.
Family Balance Sheet
AUGUST 5, 2015
10K in car payments, $35K in credit card debt. We decided to declare it our year of health and align our diets and become more healthy, invest more in our community at church and clean up our finances. Both are equally important and both need to be heard and respected in our finances. What kind of debt was it?
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 10, 2012
Failure to monitor your consumption expenditures means that they are flying blindly regarding their future finances. posted at Your Finances Simplified , saying, “One of the things that investment gurus always emphasize is to diversify, diversify and diversify. YFS presents What Is Asset Allocation and Why Is It Important?
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
It started with $40,000 in consumer debt (vehicles, credit cards, small student loan) and then sold our home and eliminated the $140,000 of mortgage debt. Knowing our bank account was empty, I was hoping that one of our maxed out credit cards would have enough room to get him $20 bucks worth of gas to get him to work the next day.
For the Mommas
MAY 22, 2012
Rather than finding yourself in a position where you’re relying on credit cards for these expenses – and then wasting your hard-earned money on paying off those cards in the following months – try creating separate sinking funds instead. Selling on eBay, Amazon or Craigslist. can be downright overwhelming.
Family Balance Sheet
MARCH 4, 2016
We lived our lives as if the money was never ending and we truly believed we were immune to ever having to worry about our finances. We haven’t taken out a penny of debt since November 2011 (nor will we ever), we don’t have a credit card (and we are still alive), and we are saving money at an incredible pace.
Family Balance Sheet
DECEMBER 10, 2014
After my first marriage fell apart, I ended up with over $14,000 of consumer debt, made up of a car loan and credit cards. Yes, I did follow a few of Dave Ramsey’s strategies, but I also starting reading other finance blogs to see how they paid off debt so quickly. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it?
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