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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. Who initiated the debt free goal?

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I Exercised at Home for 25 Years and So Can You!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Step platform with 2 steps – purchased at a garage sale for $2. Get Out of Debt…Sleep Debt That Is. 3 sets of hand weights – a velcro strap on set of 1 pounders; a set of 8 pounders and a set of 10 pounders – purchased new about 20 years ago – sorry I don’t remember what I spent. 7 Free Ways to Lose Weight.

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Investment Methods

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I pick up a lot of them at garage sales for 25 cents to a $1. I’m always on the look out for investment books I haven’t yet read. One I obtained in that manner is “The Sound Mind Investing Handbook” by Austin Pryor. My copy has a copyright date of 2008.

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20 Tips for Frugal Living

For the Mommas

You can use the difference in income to pay off debt, save or invest. Shop around at garage sales, thrift stores and online classifieds for furniture and other household items. 20 Tips for Frugal Living. Living frugally allows you to not only spend less than what you earn, but also allows you to earn less.

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It’s Easy To Make A Million Dollars

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You must control your debt. You must persist in living below your means to stay out of debt and save. Each new property adds both debt and income as well as future equity. Garage Sale Results Well, the last two weekends of ours have been busy to say the least. We hosted two garage sales in.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

A family picture with my parents His degree took 5 years, and during those 8 years of essentially being a 1-income couple with kids after 10 years of being a 2-income couple with no kids, they’d racked up $30k in credit card debt because they didn’t adjust their spending to their change in circumstances.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

Staying out of debt was/is very important to me & miraculously I have succeeded this far, praise God. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing. Those skills/needs became vital in my marriage as the spouse was chronically ill with astronomical medical bills & expensive tastes.

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