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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

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Was there a particular event? One evening my husband came home from work and mentioned that he forget to get gas in his truck on the way home. No new clothes, no vacation, no extra anything. We started cooking at home more, a big issue for us was eating out. What inspired you to become debt free?

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

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We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. We mowed the grass, made our clothes, cleaned house, cooked , and fixed broken stuff. We didn’t have a clothes dryer. Peggy: Oh yes! That took forever!

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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Was there a particular event? Once I got home from that money changing event at my grandparents’ house, my best friend told me about this financial series she and her husband had been going through at church called Financial Peace University (Dave Ramsey). What inspired you to get debt free? It was time to make a change.