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5 Steps to Crush Debt in 2016 + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

Family Balance Sheet

We want to crush our debts as quickly as possible, because quite honestly there are better things to do with our money then to send it off to creditors every month. 5 Steps to Crush Debt in 2016. 1 – Calculate your debt. Calculate how much debt you have by using my free Family Balance Sheet.

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

Family Balance Sheet

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Acadia. She writes about simple living, parenting and her family’s foster story at Fostering Simplicity. Tell us about you and your family. We have a 5 year old son and are in the process of adopting our 2 year old and 4 month old foster sons, making us parents of 3 boys!

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

Family Balance Sheet

If you figure that out you can then work to find healthier ways to fill the void and you can free yourself permanently from the bonds of debt. We tend to get so wrapped up wishing and dreaming about the end result that we never start the process. Will it be your spouse, coworkers, family, a Facebook support group?

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What Is A Home Equity Loan?

Savings Corner

Home equity loans are best used for five-figure renovation or repair projects — which can garner you a tax deduction on their interest — or to consolidate other debts. Home equity loans drawbacks include putting your home at risk of foreclosure and their lengthy application process. What is a home equity loan?

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are the ins and outs of the whole process – why you need one, how much you should have, how to save for it, where to keep it and what do to (and what not to do) with it. Family Money Values: Who Manages Your Money? Instead of giving in, they used it as an opportunity to pay down debt!

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

Family Balance Sheet

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Richard of Frugality Magazine , where he shares frugal living tips for financial freedom. Tell us about you and your family. Personally I believe that getting out of debt is as much about psychology as it is about systems and processes. Where are you from? What are your hobbies?

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

Family Balance Sheet

I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. I would never tell someone to cancel the gym membership if they use it, and if you do use a gym membership, find out how my husband got a FREE family gym membership. What a great problem to have, right?!?!

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