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

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My wife is in sales for a software company and I am a fundraiser for a local non-profit that helps the homeless. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off just over $23,000 in one year and four months. What inspired you to get debt free? Make paying off debt a priority.

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

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Daniel was able to sell the rights to some of the software he developed. 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.

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

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My husband is a software QA engineer and until last week I was a web content administrator. 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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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

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Many personal finance bloggers talk about having a “no spend week” – well basically I had a “no spend” five years! Could I eliminate that software subscription? Could I knock $20 off my grocery shopping somehow? Paying off debt and growing savings is a means to an end.

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