Debt. Ick. A slave-driver. “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.” Proverbs 22:7 Don’t be a slave! Choose the path less traveled! Choose the hard path and be blessed. Don’t buy it unless you NEED it. Seems simple right? But who really does this??? What do you […]
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5 Top Tips to Get Out of Debt and Stay out of Debt
Live Under Your Means. Too many people live in a way that says: “I have a bunch of money!” For example, they make $5,000 a month but they live like they make $6,000. Continually living pay check to pay check and/or using a credit card monthly. If you make $5,000 a month you should be […]
HOW we paid off our mortgage on one income!
Last week I posted about WHY we chose to pay off our mortgage. Today’s post is about HOW we paid it off in six years on one income. First, I should let you know I did some substitute teaching for about 5 months before we had children. So we were “double income” during that time, even […]
WHY we paid off our mortgage!
This is the first of a two part blog post! The next one will be on HOW we paid off our mortgage. This one will focus on WHY. My husband and I paid off our house in six years of marriage. We owed $160,000 on our mortgage at the time. I also owed about $6,000 […]