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Benefit from My Financial Mistakes

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I ended up with a BA in Psychology with an emphasis in Industrial Psychology – and couldn’t get a good paying job of any sort after graduating! I bought new cars. Although we kept our automobiles for 8 – 10 years, I bought most of them new AND never dickered with the car salesman.

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4 Financial Lessons Your Parents Forgot to Teach You

Saving Cents With Sense

You avoid a large chunk of deprecation if you purchase used. Find prices of used cars on Kelley Blue Book to compare the price difference between a good condition used car, and a brand new car of the same model. Tackle Student Loans.

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

Family Balance Sheet

As many students do these days, we had tens of thousands of dollars of debt by the time we graduated with our Masters degrees. When I first started commuting, a family from our church actually loaned us their car for two months to ease our commute time! After we got out of debt, we did pay cash for a used car.

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