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Create your debt freedom plan

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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%. A student loan? We also didn’t feel comfortable with Dave’s suggestion of a $1000 starter emergency fund, which is his step #1. Increase business emergency savings.

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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

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We didn’t have credit card debt, we paid off our car notes early, and the interest rate on the student loan was at a low 2.75%, so we thought we were doing okay. A student loan? The purpose is to cover any sudden expenses so that we don’t go into more debt when dealing with them. | DONE. That’s a necessity.

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Is Now The Time to Buy a Home?

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If you don’t have an emergency fund in order to make at least the approximate payment of your anticipated mortgage and expenses, you are not ready to make the leap into home ownership. Just think – when the pipe breaks, you just call your landlord and you don’t have to deal with (or pay for it) yourself.

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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” But here’s the deal, many of these people have had challenges and tough circumstances, and more often than not, money wasn’t handed to them. Maureen eliminated $79,000 of credit card and student loan debt less than 3 years. Jessi and her husband paid off her student loans. with their goals. Make it visual.

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Meet Aja. She & her husband Paid Off $110,000 in Debt

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We paid down mostly student loans, vehicles and business credit card debt ( we already own a home outright ). Each one of us on the inside knew there had to be a better way to deal with money. We are almost done with our 3-6 month emergency fund and will begin maxing out our retirement accounts.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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Move up the Student Loan Payoff Date. Save a starter Home Emergency Fund. Dave Ramsey suggests to have a starter emergency fund of $1000 while focusing on paying off non-mortgage debt. The purpose of a starter fund is to cover any sudden expenses so that we don’t go into more debt when dealing with them.

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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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I also wanted to pay off the student loans he had, and see him graduate without occurring any more debt. I realized we were going to make the last payment on his student loan (our last debt), so I called my husband in to click the ‘submit’ button since it was his debt after all. They didn’t like debt, and as I grew up, neither did I.

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