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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. What inspired you to get debt free? When my wife and I got married, we both made the decision that our first financial priority would be becoming debt free. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living?

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories! They paid off $36,000 in debt and cash flowed graduate school. With tuition payments and debt payments we spent about $60,395 between January 2012 and March 2014 when we became completely debt free with two bachelor’s and two master’s degrees between us.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She and her husband paid off $147,000 in debt–including their home. After paying off the debt, she was able to quit her job to pursue her passion. She blogs at The Debt Myth. Quitting my job is one of the things being debt free has enabled us to do.

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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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To be honest, our first step in our plan wasn’t even paying off debt. Being self-employed, we felt we needed more than Dave’s recommended $1000 starter emergency fund that he outlines in his book, so our first step was to save a bit more for our home and office. A leaky roof was one of the priorities to give you an idea.

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4 Reasons to Graduate Debt-Free

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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. Avoid student debt so you can start your adult life after graduation. Debt is a Waste of Money. Lifestyle Inflation. Living like a student is fine, when you are a student.

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3 Smart Steps to a Debt Free Christmas

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3 Smart Steps to a Debt Free Christmas. Take these steps and have a Debt Free Christmas. How do you save for Christmas spending? My mission is for all of us to sleep better in the new year knowing that there are no huge balances hanging over our heads. Create a Budget. Have you started planning for Christmas?

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WHY We Want to Be Debt Free

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Why are we jumping through these hoops to be debt free? WHY do we want to be debt free? But by the time they reach adulthood, my husband and I will hopefully have been living a debt free life for many many years and THAT will be normal to them. And why is he driving a 14 year old car? Dave Ramsey.

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