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

Family Balance Sheet

Grad school ain’t cheap, y’all! Use all the food you have, and freeze it if you know you won’t use it up before it expires. Instead of seeing a movie, rent. What are your financial goals now? You can buy it pretty cheap on. Or rent it from the library. We are debt. The biggest.

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

Family Balance Sheet

I could barely afford my $600 rent payment, which was in a horrible neighborhood. I did the regular budget audit and cut things out like entertainment, fast food, and going out with friends. I would offer to do people’s taxes, or get their bookkeeping organized in exchange for a discount on my rent, or a small repair on my car.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

When they got married, they bought a duplex so that the rent money from the tenant in the upstairs apartment would pay the mortgage. He’s a cheap date – but then, so am I. I enjoy good food even though I don’t like to cook it – maybe especially because I don’t like to cook it. You don’t have to be cheap to be frugal.