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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. Tell us about you and your family. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. Make paying off debt a priority. Meet with a financial advisor. Who initiated the debt free goal?

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

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Amanda & Daniel. Together they blog about becoming debt free and location independence in order to serve the world at Life with a Mission. Tell us about you and your family. What inspired you to get debt free? We do meet every month to go over expenses and needs.

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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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Did you make a goal to pay off debt this year? For many years, we made a yearly goal to chip away at our six figures of non-mortgage debt. It took us years to pay it all off, but we achieved it in 2019. Your first assignment: Take the first step and calculate your debts by using my FREE Family Balance Sheet.

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

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She and her husband paid off $147,000 in debt–including their home. After paying off the debt, she was able to quit her job to pursue her passion. She blogs at The Debt Myth. Tell us about you and your family. But it wasn’t a decade of nothing but paying off debt.

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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They paid off $36,000 in debt and cash flowed graduate school. Tell us about you and your family. The first step in this diligence was paying off debt. Today, I’m pleased to introduce you to Krista & Jon. They blog at 2 Copper Coins. Where are you from? What do you and your spouse do for a living?

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

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We want to crush our debts as quickly as possible, because quite honestly there are better things to do with our money then to send it off to creditors every month. 5 Steps to Crush Debt in 2016. 1 – Calculate your debt. Calculate how much debt you have by using my free Family Balance Sheet.

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

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Meet The Achievers: Deacon and his wife paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months. Instead of writing, “I want to pay off debt” or “I don’t want to live paycheck to paycheck”, commit to “I want to pay off $X of credit card debt in 201X and I will stop using credit cards from this point forward.”