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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She and her husband paid off $147,000 in debt–including their home. After paying off the debt, she was able to quit her job to pursue her passion. She blogs at The Debt Myth. Quitting my job is one of the things being debt free has enabled us to do.

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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

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The segment was so inspiring that I reached out to her to see if she would participate in the Debt Free Stories series. She hosts a You Tube channel, The Former Mrs. Jones , where she vlogs about budgeting, debt free living, and family life. Meet the Former Mrs. Jones: Her Debt Free Story.

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Brian. He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. We’re a family of five, including, me, my wife and 3 children: 15 year old fraternal twins and a 12 year old son. How much debt did you pay off? Where are you from?

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

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My degree is in mechanical engineering, but I’m just starting a transition to nursing – before I got pregnant with my son, I was working as a nursing assistant while my husband finished grad school, and planning to go on to nursing school. I fell in love with pursuing a car-free life. We lived for 2.5

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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

We can get free apples from my mom and uncle and we make it into applesauce – usually 60-80 jars. My son has a job at a local pizza place and he gets a free meal after every shift. My younger son and I have been volunteering there lately and the need seems to be growing more and more. Being consistent.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

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Our son is 29 and biological. We lived off my salary and banked Alan’s even before we were married so that we could build our own house (literally), paying cash as we went. He says we were busy building the house and our careers and it was money well spent because it freed up our time. (We What’s your best frugal win?

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How to Get into the Stock Market

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Traditional investment advice says that you shouldn’t invest in the market until you are financially stable, have an emergency fund and have taken care of other basics, such as insurance of all kinds, debt removal and etc. My father-in-law lined up his grown sons and daughters to chip into a fund, from which he bought stock.