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

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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. When we first started we couldn’t have even conceived of becoming completely debt free. What inspired you to get debt free?

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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Daniel can work anywhere there is an internet connection and the kids can homeschool anywhere, but we didn’t have the money to buy the plane tickets or book AirBnB apartments. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? It’s feels nice to spend money on a date night out.

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

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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. The first step in this diligence was paying off debt.

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Find out how Lydia & her Husband Paid off $36,000 in Debt in 2 Years

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We cut our lifestyle to nothing and threw all that extra money at the debt. We gave up eating out, cable, driving as many places. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. Don’t buy stuff you don’t need even if it seems like a great deal.

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

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We had become so accustomed to living off both incomes that we really had to re-adjust a few lifestyle choices so we could live off just my husbands income. This ultimately is what put us on the fast track for paying off debt in such a quick amount of time. If married, who initiated the debt free goal?

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

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because we aren’t eating out. and plan meals based off of that. Also buy produce as it is in season. We knew it would take us years to get out of debt! While we said no to eating out and going to the movies all the time, we. Eating out, buying shoes, whatever.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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In 2020, we still use and are thankful for Medi-share. Our monthly costs have gone up since 2017, but we’re still paying much less than we would with traditional health insurance. We buy reliable vehicle brands that are built to drive for many many years. My kids are now almost 15 and 12 and eat as much as adults!

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