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

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Baby furniture, BBQ pits, tools, guns… EVERYTHING. The rule was, if I could get $50 bucks or more for it, it was going on Craigslist. To not count on debt being a tool we can use. Getting out of debt can be easy depending on your financial situation, its STAYING DEBT FREE that can be challenging. We sold EVERYTHING!

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

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We saved any that we could from my husbands checks, we sold things from around the house on craigslist and ultimately we started taking everything we earned from our photography business which was a normal part of income for us and used it all on debt. What are your financial goals now? At first we did it anyway we could find!

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Little House presents The Five Tool Budgeter posted at Little House in the Valley , saying, “In baseball, a five-tool player is one who excels in some of the game’s major skills: fielding, base running, hitting for power, hitting for contact, and throwing ability.

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