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

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Amanda & Daniel. Together they blog about becoming debt free and location independence in order to serve the world at Life with a Mission. We paid off $68,000 of debt in eight months. What inspired you to get debt free? Who initiated the debt free goal?

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Shannon. As many students do these days, we had tens of thousands of dollars of debt by the time we graduated with our Masters degrees. Living on two-incomes, we could have easily paid off our debt quickly, but we had no idea at the time that “debt free” was even a thing.

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

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I watched her and her husband’s debt free scream on The Dave Ramsey Show. You can find Angela at her You Tube channel, Our Life…on a Budget , where she vlogs about getting out of debt and staying there! Angela & Jeff’s Debt Free Story. What inspired you to become debt free?

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Prior to FPU, we thought we were doing well financially and never considered that we had too much debt. We didn’t carry over credit card balances, we paid off our car notes early, and the interest rate on the student loan was at a low 2.75%. But Dave Ramsey’s view of debt is very different. Debt is Dumb and Cash is King.”. “…and

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

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Jessica. What kind of debt was it? 130K in mortgage debt. 10K in car payments, $35K in credit card debt. We made the decision to tackle our debt back at our home church in Chattanooga. What inspired you to get debt free? Where are you from?

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5 Steps to Crush Debt in 2016 + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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I keep telling myself that our sacrifices are short term and once we pay off our debt, we won’t feel the pinch. There are definitely things we’re saying no to, but there are also things that we won’t to give up. It gives us something tangible to look forward to when we can say, “WE’RE DEBT FREE!”

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Do the Rich Use Debt Differently?

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When you take on debt, you take on a level of risk. Even when the debt is ‘good’ debt (aka leverage), you assume a risk. For all of the upside benefits, there are definite downside problems. It depends on your definition of “Rich” Trying to put a number on what it means to be rich is impossible.

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