Category: Debt Free Stories

After work you want to go back home, have a bite to eat and relax don’t you?

I do as well; even when I have to do the cooking and the clearing out.

It was not to be one dark and wet November evening in 2009. We were at the dinner table when it hit me: I was done feeling worried about money; I was done looking at the patched kitchen ceiling (don’t even want to go there) and I was done…well, I was done!

What did I do? I had a tantrum: a spectacular explosion of unfocused anger and frustration.
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Today we’re hearing from Eric Rosenberg, a financial analyst who paid off the $40,000 in student loans that he incurred while getting his MBA. (Woohoo!)

Eric is the founder and editor of Personal Profitability. He’s worked in banking and wants to share what he learned to help you save time, money, and headache. His new project, Finance Lifestyle, focuses on the personal side of personal finance.

Let’s hear how he knocked out those loans.
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This debt payoff story is from Alan and Vicki, who have been married for 15 years. They live in Arizona, having moved from Nebraska right after getting married. They enjoy country and swing dancing, and camping.

They have a daughter, Rebeccalynn, 11, who has a pet care business. (Which is awesome!) Vicki says her daughter has learned so much from that experience in regard to the four things that can be done with money. Earn, spend, save, and give.
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Tracie Fobes paid off her last debt in February 2011 (so 3 years this month!)

Back in 2007, she and her husband decided to work themselves out of debt. They eliminated more than $37,000 in debt in just 27 short months.

Here’s how her life has changed since then.
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