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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. Budgeting is a lifelong habit.

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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off $7,665 worth of credit cards, school loans and a car loan. We started paying it off when we got married and became debt free just shy of our second anniversary. What inspired you to become debt free?

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How Angela & Jeff paid off $58,000 of Debt in 2 Years

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I’m a Grade 7 teacher and my husband is a Mac Tools distributor. We had two student loans that still had balances, even though we’d already been paying on them for 10 years. We also had four credit cards, two lines of credit, and a car loan. If married, who initiated the debt free goal?

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

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What kind of debt was it? Total, we paid off $175K in 2 years!! 130K in mortgage debt. 10K in car payments, $35K in credit card debt. We made the decision to tackle our debt back at our home church in Chattanooga. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt.

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