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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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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. We never stopped taking vacations, but our trips were mostly camping in our pop-up or renting a beach house with other families.

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20 Tips for Frugal Living

For the Mommas

You can use the difference in income to pay off debt, save or invest. Rent instead of own. If you calculate your mortgage interest, the cost of insurance and maintenance, buying can be much more expensive than renting. And if you rent, save money and then invest the difference. 20 Tips for Frugal Living.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Tim from How to Make Bankable Savings discusses Buy Versus Rent: Non-Financial Considerations are Ke y The decision to buy or rent your home involves more than a financial analysis. Pat S from compounding returns asks Pay Off Debt or Invest for The Future ? “The family is a haven in a heartless world.&#.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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Instead of seeing a movie, rent. you are debt free? When we first started paying off debt we really didn’t have anything to. readers who want to become debt free? Or rent it from the library. This book shares debt-free stories. Have everyone over. for a game night. other states.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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We had been renting for over 10 years and we were ready to find a property to move our business to and eventually build our net worth. Also, the monthly mortgage payment was less than our rent payment. Living a life focused on paying off debt is not always easy. Everything looked great on paper. We said NO a lot.

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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I could barely afford my $600 rent payment, which was in a horrible neighborhood. I would offer to do people’s taxes, or get their bookkeeping organized in exchange for a discount on my rent, or a small repair on my car. Who initiated the debt free goal? Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt?

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. This could be your rent/mortgage, utilities, loan payments, anything that has a due date. Necessary expenses could be: – Home: Mortgage/rent, utilities, insurance, taxes, necessary repairs.

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