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We're debt free.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are debt free. Ladies and gentlemen, we are debt free. We paid off $36,000 in medical, credit card, and student loan debt in 2 years, 7 months . We also paid off our $70,000 mortgage with the break-even sale of our house. We started out making $79,000 as a family of five in 2014 and ended making $90,000 as a family of six in 2016. As of right now, we have zero debt -- no car payments, mortgage, medical debt or student loans. What got you started on your debt-free journey? M : Tony finished up college later than I did because he served as a missionary in South America from 2004-2006. We got married soon after and babies started arriving a year later. He was both attending school and working. I worked freelance jobs here and there so I could stay home with the kids. We used student loans to help supplement our income. We had two children when Tony graduated with his bachelor’s degree in 2012. We realized in a hurry that we were going to strug