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

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She blogs at The Debt Myth. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. 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.

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Emergency Funds: Emergencies Happen When You Least Expect It

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Surely unemployment, reduced income or a business downturn is considered an emergency, but so is a leaking roof, a broken hot water heater, or a dead car battery. Which comes first: saving for an emergency OR paying off debt? Once that debt is paid off then start building up you emergency fund to your desired number.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Free Money Wisdom: The Trouble with Tithing Giving can be done in ways that don’t involve the transfer of money. We can give of our time and talents, and that can be even more sacrificial than writing a monthly check to the church. Instead of giving in, they used it as an opportunity to pay down debt!

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