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The Best And Worst States To Retire In 2023, Ranked

Savings Corner

The housing market remains competitive, with high borrowing costs, expensive housing prices and low inventory. Iowa lands near the middle of the pack tax-wise. 23 for property taxes and No. 22 for state and local sales tax. A Census Bureau report last year found that from 2015 to 2019, only about 6.2

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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. Health Sharing Ministry.

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