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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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However, it produces a small part-time income from side-bar ads and affiliate commissions. In September 2001, we bought a 1700 square foot home with a one-car garage and ONE full bathroom. At that time, we didn’t have children, so we considered this home to be a starter home that we would eventually outgrow.

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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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