Ten years ago I was 27. My wife and I were married in a hasty ceremony because I had just been diagnosed with cancer. I would have been undergoing chemo on our planned wedding date.

We did what we had to do, and moved on. Building a life and marriage following the treatments. Finacially, we were strapped. Student loans, medical bills, mortgage...it was tough.

In the years since, I rebuilt my career. We began having kids, and my wife quit her job to stay home with them. My salary was wasn't huge, but it was enough for us. We have a hobby of going to garage sales every Saturday. We began buying things we thought we could make a buck on, and reselling them. We were diligent about saving and reinvesting our dollars into our hobby. In time, our saving grew immensely.

It's been 10 years, and we both have newer vehicles bought with cash. Student loans are paid, college for the kids is all but paid, and best of all, I just paid off my mortgage! 6 years ago we were living with my wife's parents while we shopped for a house, and now it's paid.

I count my blessings every day, enjoying my new freedom. It's taken lots of discipline, but we are 100% debt free.

Congrats on getting through your journey!

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Originally posted by lopezp:
...It's taken lots of discipline.

Yes it does. The quality of livelihood for you and your family will improve dramatically.

It's a good feeling paying off a mortgage.

The mortgage been a thing of the past is certainly a good feeling. Seems like you and your wife are pretty sharp cookies. Congrats to the both of you (oh, kids too).

Congratulations! I love stories where you turn a dollar in to 2 by hustling. Well done!

Great job -- love hearing stories like this!

Enjoy the debt free life; it is certainly well deserved.

--K

Congratulations!

Well done and congratulations! That’s a great accomplishment.

Congratulations, you are 1 in ________. Fill in the blank - but it’s a big number.

Congrats!!!

Amazing how simple the process is for someone not afraid to hitch up their pants and work hard.

That's awesome! An example of what can be done with hard work and perseverance.

Way to go! That's fantastic.

Amazing effort on all fronts. Congrats to you guys. You have reason to be proud.

Congrats! An awesome achievement!

Weirdo.


Seriously, big congrats!

A mortgage burning party sounds good to me. Congratulations!

Congratulations. Not much feels better than that.

Congratulations and welcome to the club.

Congrats !!

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Congratulations
That's pretty impressive!