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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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We’ll live in a dorm (which fits us perfectly but we know sounds terrible to others) in our own apartment while I (Krista) work in student development providing mentoring/counseling/student discipline to the 150 women in the dorm and Jon will work right across the street as the assistant director of admissions.

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

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It started with $40,000 in consumer debt (vehicles, credit cards, small student loan) and then sold our home and eliminated the $140,000 of mortgage debt. We started cooking at home more, a big issue for us was eating out. I initiated the “I swear it’ll be totally fun to pay off our debt” conversation.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

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MoneySmartGuides : The Real Cost of Eating Out – I was looking over my budget for the previous month and something stood out. After checking and rechecking and I discover the real cost of eating out! Newlyweds on a Budget : Paying down student loans – The following is a guest post.