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Meet Tracy, a Single Mom Who Paid Off $41,587 | Debt Free Stories

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What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. They can save up for that plastic toy made in China by working for the money, just like you do, but age appropriate. I’m working on baby step 3 (3-6 months emergency fund) while paying cash for my new home projects.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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I needed to count on myself and support my son, and that meant getting my financial life in order, starting with building an emergency fund for the first time. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt? Building an emergency fund also helps enormously.

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Intentional Spending – Being Ready For An Emergency

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As a part of my Back to Basics series , I am writing a post on how to start an emergency fund. Amy’s emergency fund saved her — when her heater went out on New Years Eve. Without an emergency fund, this could have been an major financial blow. Don't miss the newest deals.

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

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They pay off mountains of debt and scream about debt freedom, or maybe they save gobs of money in a record amount of time, or they have considerable success with their new small business. Meet The Achievers: Deacon and his wife paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months. Her 2017 goal is to save $20,000 in cash.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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” To get through that time, we crafted our Debt Freedom Plan , based on Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps, but tailored to meet our own needs and self-employed lifestyle. At that time, I couldn’t cash flow the office budget, home budget, our loans, and retirement savings. Build up our Emergency Funds to 3-6 months of expenses.

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

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What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. Have pictures of your Why around in your daily life to help keep you motivated. We aim for a monthly budget meeting at least. We’ll meet more often if there’s a problem. Track your progress.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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I’ll continue to offer additional money saving tips, ideas, strategies and recipes like I always have, but I have some new themes that I will be starting next week. In 2013, The Christmas Savings Club encouraged all of us to save monthly so that we could have a cash Christmas. How We Saved. My Themes for 2015: 1.

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