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Create your debt freedom plan

Family Balance Sheet

We didn’t carry over credit card balances, we paid off our car notes early, and the interest rate on the student loan was at a low 2.75%. We also didn’t feel comfortable with Dave’s suggestion of a $1000 starter emergency fund, which is his step #1. Number 4 was knocked out in 2019. Update: DONE Sept 2019!!

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. When that loan was paid off, we put that full amount towards the third loan and this continued until September 2019. Small home = Low Expenses. The Heavy Hitters: 1. We increased our income. Groceries.

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