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Free eBook: Hope Stands

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what''s the use? Life life crises life crisis life stinks life sucks money Money Management resources rock bottom Sam Kee Samuel Kee suicidal suicide what''s the point? why go on?'

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The Age Old Question: Should You Pay Off Debt or Save?

Penny Pinchin' Mom

So, you want to get started on debt repayment so you can focus on other financial goals? However, if you pay off these debts, there will be nothing left for investments in these tough financial times. You are one emergency short of losing track of your finances. From a personal point of view, I much prefer living debt free.

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

Family Balance Sheet

However, with my husband being an architect and an overall really handy guy, we decided that fixing up the house and selling it could give us enough profit to at least pay off a big chunk of our debt. It took us two years of my husband working full-time at his job and then using every other second to work on the house.

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 14-18/11-Planning Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

asks us What Keeps Us On Track Financially? We get a visual picture every month of where are finances are and what we have spent our money on. I knew his determination and focus was something to remember, but I never thought of it in relation to finances. I have used this tactic in the past and it really does work.

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Find out how Anna paid off $23,605 in college, personal loans, and credit cards.

Family Balance Sheet

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Anna. She is on a mission to help others become debt free. She writes at her personal finance website, And Then We Saved. Tell us about you and your family. What do you and your spouse do for a living? . I sold old stuff I no longer used/wanted.

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

Family Balance Sheet

Read more about Shannon’s debt free journey. What inspired you to get debt free? In January 2013 there was a blog post on Keeper of the Home that first awakened me to the concept of living debt free. We were living on one income that placed us just at the top of lower class income level.

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Meet Stacy. She and her husband paid off $20,000 in 8 Months.

Family Balance Sheet

The only debt we had was a mortgage – however when we first got married we were stupid and bought a Mercedes. We ended up using my remaining collage savings to pay that off. We swore we would never finance a car again. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? And deodorant.

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