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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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Together they paid off $23,000 in 16 months. What are your hobbies? What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. Because we wanted to get out of debt as fast as possible, we stopped saving money after we had an emergency fund in place. Make paying off debt a priority.

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

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What are your hobbies? That’s one of my hobbies.) 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. Then my husband decided to pay off his car.

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Instead of writing, “I want to pay off debt” or “I don’t want to live paycheck to paycheck”, commit to “I want to pay off $X of credit card debt in 201X and I will stop using credit cards from this point forward.” ” Pay off Debt. Save for emergencies.

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How Angela & Jeff paid off $58,000 of Debt in 2 Years

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You can find Angela at her You Tube channel, Our Life…on a Budget , where she vlogs about getting out of debt and staying there! Angela & Jeff’s Debt Free Story. What are your hobbies? What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. Tell us about you and your family.

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

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Krystal & Josh’s Debt Free Story. What are your hobbies? Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave. Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? emergency fund, so we started throwing what little extra we had straight. towards debt. you are debt free? Where are you from?

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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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What are your hobbies? However, since paying off our debt, I have become a much bigger fan of the baby steps laid out by Dave Ramsey and really see the wisdom in paying off debt in that fashion. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. Where are you from?

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Find Out How Olivia & Her Husband Paid off Their Mortgage in 33 Months

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What are your hobbies? We made sure we could afford the monthly payments on a 15 year mortgage, with the mindset that we would pay more each month. What inspired you to get debt free? There were two things that inspired us to pay off debt. She blogs about living a fabuLESS life at Snyders Tell All.

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