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

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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? They didn’t like debt, and as I grew up, neither did I.

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

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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? The main event that catapulted me into wanting to be debt free, was the lowest point in my life to-date.

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