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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. As the Family Office Manager , I handle the day-to-day finances for our family and I needed a way to communicate our finances to my husband. We’d survived the dip in 2007, carried no credit card debt, and we were contributing to our retirement. Our first storm: 2007.

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Save Taxes: Negotiate A Reduction in Your Assessed Value

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If you own real estate, you have been, or someday will be, confronted with a rise in your assessed property value. This usually leads to an increase in your real estate taxes! Increases in your assessed value can sometimes be negotiated downward, saving you tax money. What is assessed value? Who does the assessment?

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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

Family Balance Sheet

My husband and I are self-employed and own a chiropractic office where he is the chiropractor and I am the business manager. However a few years ago, we found ourselves with too much debt and not enough cash. After renting an office for 12 years, we had nothing to show for it and the space was starting to feel a bit cramped.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

Family Balance Sheet

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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