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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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To ease my anxiety about our new loans, we took the Financial Peace University home course and it changed how we thought about debt. From what we learned in the course, we wrote our Debt Freedom Plan. We loosely based our plan on Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps, but modified them to address our needs and lifestyle.

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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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I also appreciated the simple, common-sense advice and the baby steps. It was after I started listening to Dave Ramsey, that I started thinking about getting out of debt more quickly and realizing that it was definitely possible to become debt free. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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By the summer of 2013, we found ourselves in a pickle–we had too much debt and not enough cash flow. Overwhelmed with everything, I wrote our first Debt Freedom Plan based on Dave Ramey’s 7 Baby Step strategy but tailored to our lifestyle. We spent the next 6 years focused on paying off all of our non-mortgage debts.

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Find Out How Olivia & Her Husband Paid off Their Mortgage in 33 Months

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We made sure we could afford the monthly payments on a 15 year mortgage, with the mindset that we would pay more each month. What inspired you to get debt free? There were two things that inspired us to pay off debt. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living?

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How Angela & Jeff paid off $58,000 of Debt in 2 Years

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Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? We used (and currently still follow) Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. We are currently working towards fully funding our emergency fund.

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