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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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There was a time (pre-pandemic) that I ate lunch out almost every day with friends. It was an escape from the office, but it was eating up my budget…see what I did there! 6 – Eat dinner at home. And when dining out, at least follow these 15 Smart Tips to Save Money When Eating Out.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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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. However, it produces a small part-time income from side-bar ads and affiliate commissions. Everything looked great on paper. Also, we both have side hustles.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Unfortunately, we did not hit that goal and in part, have made some major changes to our Debt Freedom Plan. At the time we were renting an office space in a strip mall, but when we discovered a foreclosure in our town that seemed like a great idea on paper, we jumped at the chance. Pay off our mortgage on our office building.

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