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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. The year 2007 held such promise for us when it started, but by the end of the year, we were brought to our knees. What got us through financially? I still use my spreadsheet to this day! This new business debt weighed on me. Our first storm: 2007.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts. How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. After the first year, the new business debt weighed on me.

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Save Taxes: Negotiate A Reduction in Your Assessed Value

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Assessed value is the value that will be used in determining how much you will pay in real estate taxes. Typically there is a county office called the assessor’s office responsible for determining equitable assessments for all property in the county. What is assessed value?