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

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About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) But it wasn’t a decade of nothing but paying off debt. When we first started we couldn’t have even conceived of becoming completely debt free. What inspired you to get debt free?

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20 Tips for Frugal Living

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You can use the difference in income to pay off debt, save or invest. You can save thousands a year with a smaller house and smaller mortgage. Again, you can save thousands with a smaller car that is less expensive and more fuel efficient. And if you rent, save money and then invest the difference.

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

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The software generated a monthly revenue, but we were able to sell them to pay off the rest of our debt immediately. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. It’s feels nice to spend money on a date night out.

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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When Jon and I were married, we acknowledged that high paying careers were not on the docket for us, knowing that we wanted to have both comfortable and generous lives we decided that we would have to be incredibly diligent with our resources. The first step in this diligence was paying off debt.

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Find out how Lydia & her Husband Paid off $36,000 in Debt in 2 Years

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We cut our lifestyle to nothing and threw all that extra money at the debt. We gave up eating out, cable, driving as many places. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. How did you celebrate when you became debt free?

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

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My husband has always been the one who has felt the full weight of our debt. He was always trying to put us on budgets, help us look for ways to save and not spend so much but we never found a system that worked for us and continued in spending behaviors that didn’t help advance goals. At first we did it anyway we could find!

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put. towards paying off your debt. When I make a weekly meal plan, it saves us money because. Not to mention all the money we save. because we aren’t eating out. and plan meals based off of that. It was never.

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