Get out of debt brehs

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I get three checks in May and am using the first one to just pay debts. So far my balance is decreasing still a ways to go though.

What method are you using? I did the snowball method of paying off the smallest debts first and then moving on to the bigger ones. I'd only pay the minimum on the bigger debts. There's a nice feeling of seeing only 3 line items and knowing you're at the finish line.

Most of my debt were late speeding tickets, a few medical bills, and a student account I had from college. Very little CC debt. I was lucky in that I had very little interest growing.

It really feels good to be out the hole. Every breh needs to know what this feeling is like :wow:
 
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What method are you using? I did the snowball method of paying off the smallest debts first and then moving on to the bigger ones. I'd only pay the minimum on the bigger debts. There's a nice feeling of seeing only 3 line items and knowing you're at the finish line.

Most of my debt was in late speeding tickets, a few medical bills, and a student account I had from college. Very little CC debt. I was lucky in that I had very little interest growing.

It really feels good to be out the hole. Every breh needs to know what this feeling is like :wow:

I'm doing the same. Amex is about to be finished this year then moving on to Discover.. Last CC I need to pay off.
 

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Just finished paying off my car.:blessed: Refinanced in January and paid the 18k off. Never gonna go back to a car note:pacspit:

Now for this 80k in student loan debt :beli:

I've been there breh. Once you get that loan paid off, the weight of the world just falls off your shoulders.

I don't what your financial situation is, but I used every opportunity to pay off my loans. Any extra money I had went to those loans.
 

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Keep plugging at it brehs and brehettes. Summer is tough because you wanna go on vacation and there are a lot of activities to take part in. Just keep focus.

I found cheaper alternatives to hotels if you wanna go on vacation on a budget, college campuses usually rent out student accommodation during summer for dirt cheap, cheaper than hotel rooms. It's cool if u dont mind not staying in a 5 star hotel
 

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I found cheaper alternatives to hotels if you wanna go on vacation on a budget, college campuses usually rent out student accommodation during summer for dirt cheap, cheaper than hotel rooms. It's cool if u dont mind not staying in a 5 star hotel

Yep, this is a good fix especially if you're younger (< 27 yrs) and are travelling to a major metro area/college area (NYC, DC, LA, Philly etc)
 

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I found cheaper alternatives to hotels if you wanna go on vacation on a budget, college campuses usually rent out student accommodation during summer for dirt cheap, cheaper than hotel rooms. It's cool if u dont mind not staying in a 5 star hotel
This is interesting; I never knew about this. I'm gonna look into it
 

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I've been there breh. Once you get that loan paid off, the weight of the world just falls off your shoulders.

I don't what your financial situation is, but I used every opportunity to pay off my loans. Any extra money I had went to those loans.

Damn breh, I got 55k and I feel like this shyt kinda crazy.
I can only imagine how the people with 150k+ are feeling
3 weeks after I posted that and paid off my car I got rear ended and my car got totaled :francis::mjcry:
 
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