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

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. Together they paid off $23,000 in 16 months. What are your hobbies? What inspired you to get debt free? When my wife and I got married, we both made the decision that our first financial priority would be becoming debt free. 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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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She and her husband paid off $147,000 in debt–including their home. After paying off the debt, she was able to quit her job to pursue her passion. She blogs at The Debt Myth. What are your hobbies? That’s one of my hobbies.)

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

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Charissa. What are your hobbies? I am a free-lance sign language interpreter, putting my husband through engineering school by paying cash. We paid off $7,665 worth of credit cards, school loans and a car loan. What inspired you to become debt free?

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

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Olivia. 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.

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

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Amanda & Daniel. Together they blog about becoming debt free and location independence in order to serve the world at Life with a Mission. What are your hobbies? We paid off $68,000 of debt in eight months. What inspired you to get debt free?

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories! They paid off $36,000 in debt and cash flowed graduate school. What are your hobbies? With tuition payments and debt payments we spent about $60,395 between January 2012 and March 2014 when we became completely debt free with two bachelor’s and two master’s degrees between us.

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

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

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