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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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Together they paid off $23,000 in 16 months. What are your hobbies? We paid off just over $23,000 in one year and four months. The debt consisted of my student loans and a car loan. What inspired you to get debt free? Was there a particular event? We put any extra money that would come in toward our debt.

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

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What are your hobbies? That’s one of my hobbies.) About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) But it wasn’t a decade of nothing but paying off debt. Then my husband decided to pay off his car.

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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 hobbies? 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? Was there a particular event? I initiated paying off the debt.

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

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What are your hobbies? We made sure we could afford the monthly payments on a 15 year mortgage, with the mindset that we would pay more each month. What inspired you to get debt free? Was there a particular event? There were two things that inspired us to pay off debt. Where are you from?

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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Together they blog about becoming debt free and location independence in order to serve the world at Life with a Mission. What are your hobbies? The debt included about $30,000 in student loans, some medical debt, IRS debt, and a small amount on a credit card. What inspired you to get debt free?

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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What are your hobbies? It took me five years to pay off my debt but two of those years I had a job loss, I was taking care of my grandparents and I had lost my motivation and drive to pay off the debt. What inspired you to get debt free? Was there a particular event? Where are you from?

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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What are your hobbies? I was only bringing home a net income of $3,000 a month, so paying $1,000 each month towards my debt was a lot of money, and took a lot of sacrificing. What inspired you to get debt free? Was there a particular event? Tell us about you and your family. Where are you from?

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