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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

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What are your hobbies? . It was all consumer debt spread over 5 credit cards. With those principals in mind, we enrolled in a debt management program (DMP) through our local credit union and reduced our interest rates on all of our credit cards and began paying them off. Tell us about you and your family.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

The season of family, faith, food, and…shopping… collective sigh… The spending part of Christmas can get crazy, so I’ve come up with a list of ideas to find some extra cash for your Christmas spending if you’re coming up short. Our goal is to NOT put our Christmas purchases on a credit card.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

The season of family, faith, food and…shopping… collective sigh… The spending part of Christmas can get crazy, so I’ve come up with a list of last minute ideas to find some extra cash for your Christmas spending. Our goal is to NOT put our Christmas purchases on a credit card.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Since there seems to be so much in the news lately about credit cards- the good ones, the bad ones, the ugly ones, the fee free ones, the reward ones, the secured ones, etc. I figured I would talk about credit cards as today’s theme. Funancials : Should I Cancel My Credit Card? Penge Snak!:

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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What are your hobbies? The debt included about $30,000 in student loans, some medical debt, IRS debt, and a small amount on a credit card. We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully. We still allotted a lot of money for food, but we were careful not to go too far over budget. Where are you from?

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Fifty About Me

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What is your favorite food? Foods you dislike? Most Fast Food chains. I've come to crave whole foods most of the time. Favorite fast food restaurant? Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? The mountains (maybe Tennessee or North Carolina) 6. What did you have for breakfast?

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

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What are your hobbies? 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. So I finally got to the third gas station and inserted my Discover card, hoping it would accept it. We tried our best to stretch the food budget.

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