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Meet Aja. She & her husband Paid Off $110,000 in Debt

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Once we max them out, we hope to put excess cash into real estate and potentially additional brokerage accounts. This post is linked to Thrifty Thursday at Living Well, Spending Less and The Thrifty Couple. We are behind on retirement savings due to high levels of debt the last 10 years. Debt Free Stories debt free'

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7 Steps To Homelessness And What To Do If You Get There

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She couldn’t stretch the inheritance, no matter how thrifty she was, to last more than 15 years. She stopped paying income tax on the rare occasions when she did have income and did not pay county real estate taxes. She ignored checks and had money escheated back to the state. Borrow Money You Can’t Pay Back.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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Young from Young and Thrifty presents A Woman’s Perspective on Engagement Rings , and says, “As a woman who has been dating her boyfriend for the past 7 years, bought a home and moved in together for the past 1.5 .” Jacob from Dwindling Debt asks Do Overdraft Chargers Affect Your Credit.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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However, we could use a year of extra thriftiness to find any extra funds to accelerate the $10k. Breathe & consider investment options, such as real estate. The Guidelines for 2018: 1. Be Exceptionally Frugal. I don’t want to use the term extreme frugality, because that sounds absolutely horrible.