Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 4, 2014

Welcome to Debt Free Stories! They paid off $36,000 in debt and cash flowed graduate school. 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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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 6, 2013

My friend Jackie over at The Debt Myth has created a Pay Off Debt App which I think is very cool. She has lived the journey of being sunken in debt and then freeing herself and now she is trying to help others do the same with her new app. This week I wanted to share a giveaway with you.

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Happy New Year’s 2019: In January 2019, we were down to one final non-mortgage loan, so we created just one financial goal for the year—-to pay off that last non-mortgage debt by December. I just started reading the book, LAUNCH: How to Get Your Kids Through College Debt-Free and Into Jobs They Love Afterward.

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Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

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. We paid off $68,000 of debt in eight months. What inspired you to get debt free? Who initiated the debt free goal?

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Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

For the Mommas

JANUARY 23, 2013

Saving more (52%), spending less (19%) and paying off debt (19%). Is now really the best time to buy that new couch or could you find one for free? One of the easiest and most overlooked ways to spend less is by re-evaluating your debt and improving your credit score. Paying Off Debt.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 2, 2022

It’s FREE and each playground visit is a new experience with different kids to play with and different equipment to explore. Visit a State Park – Do you like to picnic, hike, swim, camp, bike, bird watch, canoe, fish, and spend your free time exploring the great outdoors? Visit a different playground each week.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 24, 2012

Pay Off Debt App (sponsored by The Debt Myth ) Lisa K. $20 25 Amazon or PayPal Gift Card (sponsored by Budgeting in the Fun Stuff ) Jason $25 PayPal Gift Card + 1 free year Gold Membership to Stock Trend Investing (sponsored by Stock Trend Investing ) Mary A.

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

I watched her and her husband’s debt free scream on The Dave Ramsey Show. You can find Angela at her You Tube channel, Our Life…on a Budget , where she vlogs about getting out of debt and staying there! Angela & Jeff’s Debt Free Story. What inspired you to become debt free?

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freestuff.tv

MAY 18, 2011

Check out this guest post by Angela from Debt Consolidation Care: It needs no mention that budgets and savings play a pivotal role in assisting consumers in paying off debt. Here are some secret tips in creating a budget that can rejuvenate your personal finances and become debt free. Enjoy this site?

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 5, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Jessica. We live a pretty busy lives and when given free weekends at home we love spending time at home on our little farm. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? Total, we paid off $175K in 2 years!! What inspired you to get debt free?

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JUNE 16, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Lydia. She blogs about living a limitless life on a limited budget at Frugal Debt Free Life. We paid off $36,000 in student loans, credit cards, cars and a bit of medical debt. What inspired you to get debt free? Who initiated the debt free goal?

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Jessi and her husband paid off her student loans. Their 2017 goal is to pay off the remaining balance on their mortgage ($27,900) and be DEBT FREE! Jackie and her husband paid off $147,000 of debt in 10 years and are debt free. Shannon and her husband paid off $22,000 in nine months.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Which comes first: saving for an emergency OR paying off debt? Many personal finance experts believe in building an emergency fund to $1000 to get started and then pay off consumer debt. Once that debt is paid off then start building up you emergency fund to your desired number.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 9, 2021

There were a lot more fun and purposeful things we could have done with that money than pay the lender. After the FPU class, we looked at our debts differently. Becoming debt-free became very appealing and the idea of being able to give more, save more, and live more was the direction we wanted to go. Understand your WHY.

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JULY 2, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Acadia. What inspired you to get debt free? We felt like we couldn’t do a lot of the things in life we wanted to do because there was always the debt and the loan payments. We are living in an apartment that we can pay for out of one paycheck with money left over.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Ideally, getting one positively impacts your overall financial health, by helping you pay off debt faster, for example, or adding to the value of your home. Weddings : Using a personal loan to pay for your wedding can help you stick to a budget. Compare any loan with interest-free options.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 18, 2012

Pay off Debt? If you have goals, that you would like to share, please feel free – or if you are a blogger and have a list on your blog, feel free to leave a link below. Did you want to save more money this year? Lose Weight? Give up Caffeine (gasp!)?

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

I love her passion for helping others along their debt free journey. Be sure to check out her website where she is offering a free finance workbook if you subscribe to her newsletter. Krystal & Josh’s Debt Free Story. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Charissa. 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? I initiated paying off the debt.

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For the Mommas

JULY 24, 2016

You can use the difference in income to pay off debt, save or invest. It allows you to focus on what’s important and spend your free time the way you want. 20 Tips for Frugal Living. Living frugally allows you to not only spend less than what you earn, but also allows you to earn less.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 11, 2016

We charted out our course of action to pay off debts and start saving for retirement. It’s FREE when you sign up here for my weekly newsletter. Finding a professional can be overwhelming, but Dave Ramsey just launched SmartVestor , a free resource to help you find an investing professional.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 6, 2011

This savings can be directly applied towards your smaller debts such as credit and store cards in order to clear them more quickly. Trying to manage your finances and prioritize on paying off debt is impossible if you don’t keep a proper track of your income and outgoing’s. Email this to a friend?

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 27, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Olivia. 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. Where are you from?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 4, 2011

Your City or County May Have Free Money For You. Often times, home buyers may not be aware that free money for a down payment on a house is still available for qualified buyers. FMF from Free Money Finance shares his Simple Car Email. Pat S from compounding returns asks Pay Off Debt or Invest for The Future ?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Free Money Wisdom: The Trouble with Tithing Giving can be done in ways that don’t involve the transfer of money. Fat Guy, Skinny Wallet: That Pizza Was Tempting, But We’d Rather Pay Off Debt His wife and him were tempted to be undisciplined and order pizza for dinner the other day.

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JUNE 2, 2016

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Richard of Frugality Magazine , where he shares frugal living tips for financial freedom. What inspired you to get debt free? It was getting to the point that as soon as I got paid, covered my monthly bills and made the required debt repayments my bank account was back to zero again.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Carrie. It took just over a year (14 months to be exact) before I paid off all my debts and became debt free! I was only bringing home a net income of $3,000 a month, so paying $1,000 each month towards my debt was a lot of money, and took a lot of sacrificing.

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Debt Debt Free Financial Goals Goals 227

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JUNE 22, 2020

We stopped paying for our gym membership. . We didn’t stop going to the gym, but my husband figured out how to get a free membership, freeing up $67/month. Read: How to Get a FREE Gym Membership. Living a life focused on paying off debt is not always easy. We cut cable tv and our landline. .

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APRIL 12, 2016

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Jessica. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? I had $56,000 of debt when I decided to become debt free. I had planned to pay it all off in 2.5 What inspired you to get debt free? Tell us about yourself.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 8, 2018

I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. You can find blank calendar pages by Googling, “free calendar template” or I’ve found blank monthly calendars at the Dollar Tree. During that time, I started to budget for everything.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Today’s debt free story is from Stacy. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off $20,000 in about 8 months. We were debt free before I was 30 , including our home. We ended up using my remaining collage savings to pay that off. Hahahahaha!

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