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4 Reasons to Graduate Debt-Free

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s not impossible to graduate without student loans, even if you don’t have any parental help. Graduating debt free would give you the opportunity to evaluate what type of company you’d rather work for, instead of who can afford you. However, this is not the case. Lifestyle Inflation.

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Find out how Anna paid off $23,605 in college, personal loans, and credit cards.

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Anna. She is on a mission to help others become debt free. It was a mix of college loans, a personal loan from my parents (for college), an overdraft account, and credit card debt. What inspired you to get debt free? Tell us about you and your family.

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Acadia. She writes about simple living, parenting and her family’s foster story at Fostering Simplicity. We have a 5 year old son and are in the process of adopting our 2 year old and 4 month old foster sons, making us parents of 3 boys! What inspired you to get debt free?

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Join Me for the New Year New You Financial Summit

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Toni Husbands of Debt Free Divas. Tuesday, January 10: 12 pm EST: Parenting and Priorities with Matt Becker. He walks us through how you can prepare for two major parenting goals – transitioning so you can be a stay at home parent and building a college fund for your kid! Elle Martinez of Couple Money.

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Scholarship Search: KC Scholars (Kansas City Area)

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Through this generous program, deserving applicants are awarded an opportunity to earn their college degree debt free. KC Scholars has been delivering on their mission of scholars graduating debt free for more than six years. Be lawfully present in the U.S. or DACA eligible and DACA applied/approved. Have at least a 2.5

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Find out How Chris & His Wife Paid off $52,000 in 7 Months

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Today’s Debt Free Story is a guest post from Chris Peach. Our parents thought we had joined a cult and our friends called us those cheap people. Debt freedom is possible! For more stories like Chris’, go to Debt Free Stories. Would you like to share your real life debt free story?

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Take Control of YOUR Money in 2016

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I’ll elaborate on this soon, but in the mean time, here is our Debt Freedom Plan. And to stay motivated, I want to continue to share the successes of others with more Debt Free Stories. I’m there…that place that only seemed possible for my parents…MID-LIFE. Mid-Life & Finances.

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