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

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What are your hobbies? That’s one of my hobbies.) About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) But it wasn’t a decade of nothing but paying off debt. Then my husband decided to pay off his car.

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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They paid off $36,000 in debt and cash flowed graduate school. What are your hobbies? When Jon and I were married, we acknowledged that high paying careers were not on the docket for us, knowing that we wanted to have both comfortable and generous lives we decided that we would have to be incredibly diligent with our resources.

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

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What are your hobbies? 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. We also look for places where kids eat free now.

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Richard of Frugality Magazine , where he shares frugal living tips for financial freedom. What are your hobbies? That meant no vacations, no new clothes, no eating out, nothing. Debt Negotiation – I started to wonder whether the money I owed was “fixed” or not.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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What are your hobbies? And I cut back on lifestyle – cooking food at home, taking the bus to work vs driving and paying for parking, etc. Share your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. And finally, paying off debt is completely and totally possible.