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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. and realized we should pay off this debt as quickly as possible. I would probably add it to our savings account for house projects.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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I love her passion for helping others along their debt free journey. Krystal & Josh’s Debt Free Story. works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? It took us four years, but we paid off over $80,000 of debt! We are debt.

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Revenge Spending and Other Married Money Tricks

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The New York Daily news reported that wife of Yankee ball player Alex Rodriguez’s wife ran up credit card debt of $100,000 when she found out about a dalliance between he and Madonna. At the time, I was working part time for about 8 hours a weekend, earning minimum wage. My own examples are a bit more mundane.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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He then advises paying off your non-mortgage debt before fully funding an emergency fund with 3 – 6 months worth of expenses. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more. 17 – Find a part-time job.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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He then advises paying off your non-mortgage debt before fully funding an emergency fund with 3 – 6 months worth of expenses. Being self-employed, we have a higher starter fund on hand and when we pay off our non-mortgage debt, we will save to at least 6 months expenses and maybe even more. 15 – Find a part-time job.

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Are You Financially Ready For Kids?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

” Before you answer, here are five other questions to ponder that will help to provide you with the clarity that you seek: How Much Debt Do I Have? . Therefore, consider taking out a year to knock-out debt before getting off of the birth control. How Secure Is My Job? . Do I Have Health Care Insurance? .

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

(I still remember saving my change as a kid so I could “shop” for books at yard sales.) Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school. Now I wish those dollars had gone into our savings accounts. Alan doesn’t share that regret.