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

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A life goal of ours is. Grad school ain’t cheap, y’all! Instead of seeing a movie, rent. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? What are your financial goals now? Write down your goals, change your mindset about debt-free living, and go. My grandparents were missionaries. in America.

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Yakezie Carnival November 13, 2011- November Edition

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My Broken Coin: Where Not to Go Cheap – Find out what Jacob from My Personal Finance Journey refuses to go cheap on in this blog swap. UltimateSmartMoney: 3 Important Tips for Home Renters – Follow these 3 important tips when looking to rent a home. It’s not even that we are afraid to work hard to meet our goals.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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We take advantage of anything we can get if it is free or cheap, but do we need to? ” Dividend Growth Investor from Dividend Growth Investor shares how Dividend losers focus on excuses that prevent them from achieving their goals of financial freedom. I totally agree with Eric here.

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

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I could barely afford my $600 rent payment, which was in a horrible neighborhood. 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. Who initiated the debt free goal? What are your financial goals now?

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23 Passive Income Ideas To Help You Make Money In 2023

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And if you’re worried about being able to save enough of your earnings to meet your retirement goals , building wealth through passive income is a strategy that might appeal to you, too. Try Bankrate’s free AdvisorMatch service to quickly get connected to a CFP® professional who can help you achieve your financial goals.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

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Or, you could buy property of your own (if you have the business funding, of course) becoming a property manager or landlord, renting out the space to tenants, maintaining the property and serving as their point of contact for any potential issues. Housecleaning Everyone wants to keep a clean house.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

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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. You don’t have to be cheap to be frugal. He diligently maintained our car and our house, doing all the work himself.