Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

We paid off over $147,000 in debt (actually way over that amount, if you want to count a $210,000 rental property that I sold at a slight loss.) About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) Then my husband decided to pay off his car.

Debt 236

Debt Debt Free Pay Off Debt Financial Goals 236

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. We reduced our spending where we could, but the money to pay any shortfall each month came from our emergency fund. Which comes first: saving for an emergency OR paying off debt?

Emergency Fund 127

Emergency Fund 2007 Personal Finance Debt 127

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

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October 200

October 2011 Finance Personal Finance 200