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Meet Aja. She & her husband Paid Off $110,000 in Debt

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Today’s debt free story is from Aja. Kelvin and I just celebrated 10 years of marriage last November. Kelvin and I just celebrated 10 years of marriage last November. We paid down mostly student loans, vehicles and business credit card debt ( we already own a home outright ). Where are you from?

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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 thought we were doing really well. But Dave Ramsey’s view of debt is very different. Debt is Dumb and Cash is King.”. After the FPU class, we looked at our debts differently. DONE November 2019.

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Find out How Chris & His Wife Paid off $52,000 in 7 Months

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Today’s Debt Free Story is a guest post from Chris Peach. We started to even wonder if we were out of our minds as well. Finally in November 2011, just 7 months after we started, we looked down on paper and realized we were one payment away from debt freedom. Debt freedom is possible! The Last Payment.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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We still have a mortgage, so we’re technically not DEBT-FREE, but we paid off over 6 figures of business debts and student loans since 2012 and have wiped out our NON-mortgage debt. In November 2016, we started contributing again to our retirement. Additional related reading: Debt Free Stories.

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5 Tips to Create a Holiday Budget

Saving Cents With Sense

Creating a holiday budget can help you control your spending and make sure you get all of the items you need while staying out of debt or overspending. The thought of a budget can be daunting as well as intimidating, but it does not have to be. A debt free holiday is a feeling that money can’t buy! All rights reserved.

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

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Olivia. 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?

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Frank presents Passively Managed Funds posted at Individual Investor Strategies , saying, “Short-term mutual fund trading is a zero sum game played against other very well informed mutual fund traders and other securities market traders. With any journey that entails so much change, things are always changing.

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