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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Their 2017 goal is to pay off the remaining balance on their mortgage ($27,900) and be DEBT FREE! Jackie and her husband paid off $147,000 of debt in 10 years and are debt free. Each month when they do their budget, they update their chart. Related Reading: Check out Deacon’s free Starter Budget Form.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Yet after listening to Dave’s approach, I knew I didn’t want to be anybody’s slave and if I was being honest with myself, the total amount of debt payments we made every month was ridiculous. After the FPU class, we looked at our debts differently. If others could knock out debt, we could too. Pay Off Mortgage Debt.

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Chit Chat: 06.17.18

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One thing that I didn’t want to do much of on our date week was COOK, but I didn’t want blow our budget. Over on my private Facebook group, Family Budgeters Unite! , We want to be debt free. We want to travel to Disney and Hawaii. We sent them off on Monday morning and they came home Saturday afternoon.