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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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Hello and welcome to the 316th Carnival of Personal Finance- Family Edition. Big Cajun Man from THE Canadian Personal Finance Site asks What is Your Financial Plan B? mbhunter from Mighty Bargain Hunter asks Are you contributing to this debt clock? Watch out! , It has gone on for generations. What do you think?

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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. 2 – Create your Debt Freedom Plan. This list became our personal Debt Freedom Plan.

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Cool Things I Read This Week

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Reader Asks About Selling Home to Pay Off Debt – [link] I agree. Prairie Eco-Thrifter has Been Featured in the Carnival of Personal Finance # 297 [link] #. Prairie Eco-Thrifter has Been Featured in the Canadian Finance Carnival # 24 [link] #. Makes me feel bad for wanting to watch them play. #.

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

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What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully. Who initiated the debt free goal? Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt? Daniel does all the day-to-day finances.

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

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Charissa. She helps readers gain control of their finances and live well on a budget at her blog Cook with a Shoe . 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?

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

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It was like 40 feet away from me and I watched the entire thing. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? Yes, I did follow a few of Dave Ramsey’s strategies, but I also starting reading other finance blogs to see how they paid off debt so quickly.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Now without further adieu, I present you with the dozens of great reads written by Yakezie members and challengers alike this past week in our efforts to bring you timely insight on personal finance and lifestyle today. Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Refinance Your Mortgage and Pay the Same Amount?

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