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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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The journey started in 2012 when we bought an office building for our business and then found ourselves with a lot of debt and not enough cash flow. Our 2019 Financial Goal. We can now move on to other financial goals. In November 2016, we started contributing again to our retirement. 2018 Update.

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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. How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. Everything looked great on paper. What could possibly go wrong?

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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And I continued to build this website. But on the other hand, we’re 47 & 55… I’m surprised I can even type that… So in November 2016, we made a decision to pivot. ” It might be small, but its size has probably set us up very well financially. Our goal is still debt freedom.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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The point of the starter emergency fund is to get you through until you pay off your non-mortgage debts, at which point, you build a more extensive fund. We also had some building repairs that we needed to cash flow. DONE November 2019. How to Build your Emergency Fund. How to Build your Emergency Fund. Prioritize.

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Meet Aja. She & her husband Paid Off $110,000 in Debt

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Kelvin and I just celebrated 10 years of marriage last November. We realized that debt payments were eating into our income and potential to build wealth. What are your financial goals now? What are your hobbies? Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality.

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

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Ryan is a high school math teacher and also officiates college basketball (November thru March). We’re now on Baby Step #7 (building wealth, which includes college funding). We read both of Dave’s books (Financial Peace and The Total Money Makeover). What are your financial goals now? How much debt did you pay off?

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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Beating Broke presents I Quit My Job: Back to Work posted at Beating Broke , saying, “If you’ve been following the I Quit My Job series, you’ll know that I quit my full-time job back in November 2011 and have been working a part-time job and running my websites ever since.

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