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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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Maureen eliminated $79,000 of credit card and student loan debt less than 3 years. Their 2017 goal is to wipe away $30,000 from their mortgage to keep them on track to pay it off in 36 months. Jessi and her husband paid off her student loans. They also made the commitment to stay away from debt for good.