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

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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. When we first started we couldn’t have even conceived of becoming completely debt free. The rest was our house.

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What Is A Personal Loan?

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Working to improve your credit score and reduce your debt-to-income ratio before applying can help get you the best loan terms. A personal loan is money borrowed from a lender that can be used for nearly any purpose. You might, for example, be offered financing by a home improvement store when you buy an appliance.

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