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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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With that much debt, we needed some go big or go home heavy hitters that would make a big impact on debt reduction. While reducing our day to day spending would certainly help, we needed to reduce large chunks of debt at a time to pay off six figures quickly. We moved the goal post multiple times. Small home = Low Expenses.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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We also worked diligently to nurture our small business (our bread and butter) while my husband picked up a part-time job as a swim coach, one of his passions. Where our mortgage enters the equation: We bought our modest home in September 2001, before home prices soared and inevitably, tanked. We bought our home in 2001.

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