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Create your debt freedom plan

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Stressed out, we ventured into Dave Ramsey’s online Financial Peace University home course for help. Prior to FPU, we thought we were doing well financially and never considered that we had too much debt. At that time, we didn’t consider all debt to be dumb. It was to pay for the necessary equipment. A student loan?

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Debt Consolidation Calculator | Bankrate

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Bankrate’s debt consolidation calculator is designed to help you determine if debt consolidation is the right move for you. Simply fill in your outstanding loan amounts, credit card balances and other debts. Debt consolidation is the process of combining several debts into one new loan.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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We charted out our course of action to pay off debts and start saving for retirement. Start Saving for your Emergency Fund TODAY! If not for that fund, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. That emergency fund saved our business, our sanity, and our marriage.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She and her husband paid off $147,000 in debt–including their home. After paying off the debt, she was able to quit her job to pursue her passion. She blogs at The Debt Myth. But it wasn’t a decade of nothing but paying off debt.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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A plan B is a must in any home. Often times, home buyers may not be aware that free money for a down payment on a house is still available for qualified buyers. Philip Taylor from PT Money Personal Finance presents The Best Gas Rewards Credit Cards–June 2011. Your City or County May Have Free Money For You.

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How Angela & Jeff paid off $58,000 of Debt in 2 Years

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We had two student loans that still had balances, even though we’d already been paying on them for 10 years. We also had four credit cards, two lines of credit, and a car loan. What inspired you to become debt free? Coming home from a trip to Disney World was what started it all.

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

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We are debt. medical bills, a small credit card, both of our cars, and student loans. our home with a GREAT interest rate so we are okay with it. debts one by one. We tackled our small credit card balance, then our. What inspired you to become debt free? Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living?

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