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Create your debt freedom plan

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Prior to FPU, we thought we were doing well financially and never considered that we had too much debt. We didn’t carry over credit card balances, we paid off our car notes early, and the interest rate on the student loan was at a low 2.75%. At that time, we didn’t consider all debt to be dumb.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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These days, there is an ever-growing concern about the safety of our personal information when it is shared over the World Wide Web. Philip Taylor from PT Money Personal Finance presents The Best Gas Rewards Credit Cards–June 2011. Squirrelers from Squirrelers presents The Case for a Bigger Emergency Fund.

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Fortunately, they willingly shared their advice from their success and I am passing that information on to you, so we can ALL succeed this year. Meet The Achievers: Deacon and his wife paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months. Maureen eliminated $79,000 of credit card and student loan debt less than 3 years.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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Many years ago, our cash flow sucked, we put Christmas on a credit card, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to pay for a large tax bill. I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. For informational purposes only.

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

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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. And this is just on a mortgage, not including any credit card or student loan debt.

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