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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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My wife is in sales for a software company and I am a fundraiser for a local non-profit that helps the homeless. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off just over $23,000 in one year and four months. We put any extra money that would come in toward our debt.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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Daniel was able to sell the rights to some of the software he developed. The software generated a monthly revenue, but we were able to sell them to pay off the rest of our debt immediately. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt.

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

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My husband is a software QA engineer and until last week I was a web content administrator. 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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How to Recognize the Hidden Costs of Christmas & Trim the Fat

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Start the New Year off right by making a commitment to save money and pay off debt. Look for sources of cash that you can tap into and pay down debt. Although gas prices have been lower lately, hovering around $3.20 per gallon nationwide, AAA expects it to increase to $3.50 per gallon during the holidays.

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

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Could I eliminate that software subscription? Could I knock $20 off my grocery shopping somehow? In general though, the process of paying off debt has taught me a lot of things, and its a lifestyle I continue to this day. Was there something that you gave up that you will go back to now that you are debt free?

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