article thumbnail

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

Family Balance Sheet

Welcome to Debt Free Stories. My wife is in sales for a software company and I am a fundraiser for a local non-profit that helps the homeless. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? The debt consisted of my student loans and a car loan. What inspired you to get debt free?

Debt Free 241
article thumbnail

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

Family Balance Sheet

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. My husband is a software QA engineer and until last week I was a web content administrator.

Debt 236
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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

Family Balance Sheet

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. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off $68,000 of debt in eight months. Where are you from?

Debt 245
article thumbnail

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

Family Balance Sheet

Today’s debt free story is from Aja. I own a software consultancy that I run from home and my husband is a letter carrier with the post office. How much debt did you pay off? How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off about $110K worth of debt. Where are you from?

Debt 100
article thumbnail

Do the Rich Use Debt Differently?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Programmers would code a call to DB2 and the software it had would figure out the best way to go get the data and present it back to the program. Just because you manage to accumulate lots of money doesn’t mean that you suddenly get comfortable being in debt. When you take on debt, you take on a level of risk.

Debt 100
article thumbnail

10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

Family Balance Sheet

It’s no secret, I am fascinated, encouraged, and border-line obsessed with debt freedom. The idea of becoming debt free makes me downright giddy. So I love to hear the success stories of others who have found debt freedom. What did they specifically do to become debt free? How did they make it happen?

Debt Free 100
article thumbnail

Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

Family Balance Sheet

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Richard of Frugality Magazine , where he shares frugal living tips for financial freedom. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? In total I estimate I paid off round $40,000 worth of debt, though depressingly a fair chunk of that was just interest.

Debt 100