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

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We paid off over $147,000 in debt (actually way over that amount, if you want to count a $210,000 rental property that I sold at a slight loss.) About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) Then my husband decided to pay off his car.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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Ryan from The Financial Student talks about Getting Rid of Student Loans. Some people find themselves buried under student loan debt with little chance of ever paying it off. Squirrelers from Squirrelers presents The Case for a Bigger Emergency Fund. Music to my ears!!

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

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worth of debt. We had two student loans that still had balances, even though we’d already been paying on them for 10 years. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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It took us four years, but we paid off over $80,000 of debt! We are debt. medical bills, a small credit card, both of our cars, and student loans. debts one by one. cars, and finally our student loans. What inspired you to become debt free? Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? towards debt.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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After the first year, the new business debt weighed on me. Aside from the mortgage, we also added equipment and renovation loans with the purchase, and we had a student loan. By the summer of 2013, we found ourselves in a pickle–we had too much debt and not enough cash flow. What could possibly go wrong? We said NO a lot.

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

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The first and most important step to paying off our house, was buying a house we could afford. 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.

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