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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

.” Harry Sit from The Finance Buff asks Tax Efficiency: Relative or Absolute? , and says, “Because you have to pay taxes on interest, dividends, and realized gains, an investment that loses less of its returns to taxes is said to be more tax efficient. ” J.P.

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

Family Balance Sheet

By the grace of God, it took us just under 9 months to pay it off. In January 2013 there was a blog post on Keeper of the Home that first awakened me to the concept of living debt free. We were living on one income that placed us just at the top of lower class income level. Read more about Shannon’s debt free journey.

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