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Scholarship Search: KC Scholars (Kansas City Area)

Motherhood Moments

KC Scholars continues to exemplify quality education standards for local students of varying circumstances. Through this generous program, deserving applicants are awarded an opportunity to earn their college degree debt free. Additionally, the student must be considered low- or modest-income. Have at least a 2.5

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Acadia. We have a 5 year old son and are in the process of adopting our 2 year old and 4 month old foster sons, making us parents of 3 boys! How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? All of our debt was $97,000 in student loan debt.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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So I’m thrilled to bring you today’s story, because I actually watched this couple’s debt free scream when it was live on the show. Drew & Farrah’s Debt Free Story. Student Loans – Paid off $37,000. What inspired you to get debt free? Please welcome Drew & Farrah.

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Pay Off Student Loans Fast With 7 Strategies

Savings Corner

The fastest way to pay off student loans is to pay more than the minimum each month. you can use a student loan payoff calculator to see how fast you could get rid of your loans and how much money in interest you’d save. Here are seven strategies to help you pay off student loans even faster. interest rate.

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

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Maureen eliminated $79,000 of credit card and student loan debt less than 3 years. Jessi and her husband paid off her student loans. Their 2017 goal is to pay off the remaining balance on their mortgage ($27,900) and be DEBT FREE! Jackie and her husband paid off $147,000 of debt in 10 years and are debt free.

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The Age Old Question: Should You Pay Off Debt or Save?

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Advantages of Paying Off Debt From a purely financial point of view, it makes more sense to focus on debt payoff rather than directing available cash to a savings account. From a personal point of view, I much prefer living debt free. Some debts like mortgages and personal loans don’t need to be paid off straight away.

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5 Steps to Crush Debt in 2016 + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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We need to find/earn even more money each month to throw at the debt to make our goal by December 31, 2016. Saddled with business and student loans in 2013, I just couldn’t imagine making the monthly payments for the full term of the loans. So I concocted an idea to pay them off early and wrote our Debt Freedom Plan.

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