Remove Clothes Remove Financial Goals Remove Pay Off Debt Remove Student
article thumbnail

How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

Family Balance Sheet

Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? They pay off mountains of debt and scream about debt freedom, or maybe they save gobs of money in a record amount of time, or they have considerable success with their new small business. Be S.M.A.R.T. S – specific.

article thumbnail

Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

Family Balance Sheet

How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off just over $23,000 in one year and four months. The debt consisted of my student loans and a car loan. What inspired you to get debt free? I went through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University when I was 18 years old.

Debt Free 241
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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

Family Balance Sheet

How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off $36,000 in student loans, credit cards, cars and a bit of medical debt. What inspired you to get debt free? So I take the clothing or grocery budget and stretch it as far as I can. What are your financial goals now?

Debt 100
article thumbnail

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

Family Balance Sheet

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 financial goals now? When I sat down and added it all up, we were facing $58,704.10

Debt 100
article thumbnail

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

Family Balance Sheet

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? racks FIRST when shopping for clothes and shoes.

Debt 100
article thumbnail

How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

Family Balance Sheet

I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. During that time, I started to budget for everything. Total your expenses.

Budgeting 133
article thumbnail

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

Family Balance Sheet

How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? I had $56,000 of debt when I decided to become debt free. I had $29,000 in MBA student loans, $14,000 in credit cards, and $13,000 in a car loan. I had planned to pay it all off in 2.5 What are your financial goals now?