article thumbnail

The Age Old Question: Should You Pay Off Debt or Save?

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Advantages of Paying Off Debt From a purely financial point of view, it makes more sense to focus on debt payoff rather than directing available cash to a savings account. From a personal point of view, I much prefer living debt free. Hidden in the terms might be clauses with penalties for early repayment.

article thumbnail

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

Family Balance Sheet

I love her passion for helping others along their debt free journey. Be sure to check out her website where she is offering a free finance workbook if you subscribe to her newsletter. Krystal & Josh’s Debt Free Story. What kind of debt was it? We are debt. free except for our mortgage.

Debt 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

Should You Save Or Invest Your Money?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

By throwing my spare cash at my high interest credit card debt, I would be saving money by reducing the amount of interest I would have to pay. A dollar saved, as they say, is a dollar earned. To check whether this is the best option for you, you need to know what after tax interest rate your debt is costing you.

Money 189
article thumbnail

Find out How Chris & His Wife Paid off $52,000 in 7 Months

Family Balance Sheet

Today’s Debt Free Story is a guest post from Chris Peach. We haven’t taken out a penny of debt since November 2011 (nor will we ever), we don’t have a credit card (and we are still alive), and we are saving money at an incredible pace. Debt freedom is possible! That’s crazy, right?

Debt 100
article thumbnail

Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Teacher Man presents Why Credit Cards Are Dangerous For Students posted at My University Money , saying, “I am on the record as having said that I believe students should sign up for credit cards. Jeremy Waller presents Do You Have What It Takes To Be Debt Free And Financially Successful?

Money 133
article thumbnail

Start Small; Dream Big: Achieving Financial Security From Small Beginnings

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

She got rid of her credit card debt using this.” Tarahas this idea – “I made a game of finding new ways to stop spending everything I earned so I could save. When I found a new way, I bought a small treat and then put the rest into my growing savings account. Gee, it mounts up quickly!”

Money 211
article thumbnail

Do the Rich Use Debt Differently?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Do we treat debt differently now that we are financially free? My spouse is still very risk averse and I won’t stress him out by taking on debt. The only debt we have is temporary – credit card charges that we pay off each month so we don’t get charged any interest. Not really.

Debt 100