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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

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If you are going on to college in the fall, don’t let summer roll by without doing some preparation work to help you avoid typical college fail points. Time to find out. Talk to any alumni you may know (hint parents, cousins, that kid that went off to college last year) to see what they know about it.

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Brian. He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. I started my blog Debt Discipline to help keep us accountable while paying off our debt.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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So I’m thrilled to bring you today’s story, because I actually watched this couple’s debt free scream when it was live on the show. Drew & Farrah’s Debt Free Story. Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. What kind of debt was it?

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Alternatives to Student Loans to Fund Your Education

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When I was in high school , I worked two (sometimes three) jobs so that I could go to college. Now that I’m out of school and many of my peers are drowning in debt, I’m so glad that I worked my butt off to pay for school in other ways than relying on loans. Your wallet and future self will thank you. Drop Some Courses.

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What Money Advice Would You Give Yourself If You Could Go Back in Time

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These were my college years, when I made lots of stupid decisions. When I’d do things like take out student loans even though I had a full-tuition scholarship and a sweet part-time job in the university cafeteria. The “what were you thinking?” Or put yet another trip to Las Vegas on the credit card.

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

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I love her passion for helping others along their debt free journey. Krystal & Josh’s Debt Free Story. works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? It took us four years, but we paid off over $80,000 of debt! We are debt.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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As I reflect back to January 2016, I started that year pretty determined to pay off the balance of our non-mortgage debts. Unfortunately, we did not hit that goal and in part, have made some major changes to our Debt Freedom Plan. Our Debt Freedom Plan Started in 2013: The year 2012 was quite exciting for me and my husband.

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