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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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Then during tax season, I worked at H&R Block filing taxes. The income from my extra jobs went straight to debt payments, and my regular day job paid the bills, while enabling me to build up a small amount of savings. He leaves most of the financial goals up to me, but we make the decisions together.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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It was during this rather taxing weekend that I was reminded of how great a loving family can be. They are also there working with you to help you reach your goals; even those financial goals. Jeff Rose from Good Financial Cents shares Questions to Ask About Balance Transfer Cards.

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

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Many years ago, our cash flow sucked, we put Christmas on a credit card, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to pay for a large tax bill. I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. During that time, I started to budget for everything.

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

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and using all of our extra funds, like bonuses from work and tax returns, we were able to pay everything off in 4 years! What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. you are debt free? When we first started paying off debt we really didn’t have anything to.

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

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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. I talk a lot about this in my post “Top 4 Ways to Pay Off Debt” but they include: 1.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts. Living a life focused on paying off debt is not always easy. Health Sharing Ministry.

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