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

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We live in metro Phoenix, in a 70s tract house that we’ve been gradually re-doing. 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. Then my husband decided to pay off his car.

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

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My husband and I live in the Phoenix metro area in the beautiful southwest desert of Arizona. I am a free-lance sign language interpreter, putting my husband through engineering school by paying cash. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. I initiated paying off the debt.

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Thrifty Thinking: Valentine's Day

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Phoenix, AZ 18. Some of the best first steps to take include increasing the amount of money you save or use to pay off debts, making fewer non-essential purchases and sticking to a budget. Scottsdale, AZ 7. Honolulu, HI 8. Orlando, FL 9. Denver, CO 10. Washington, DC 11. San Jose, CA 12. New York, NY 13. Atlanta, GA 14.