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Baby Step #2: Debt Snowball
Baby Step #2: Debt Snowball If the title didn’t give it away, we have officially hopped on the Dave Ramsey bandwagon. https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveRamseyShow Mark and I are getting married in December with plans to start a family in the next couple of years, but being in debt makes me uneasy. In addition to the mortgage we just acquired a few months ago for our condo, we have student loans and consumer debt to pay off. I am not as worried about the credit cards because we usually pay those off pretty quickly. I am, however, worried about the more than $100,000 in student loans that we have in total (yay! Master’s…
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Apartment Hunting in Chicago
Apartment Hunting in Chicago. Mark and I are officially renters! We visited Chicago a few weeks ago to check out the city and find a place to live. Since Mark is still busy with school and far away from me in Georgia, I took the lead on researching great areas to live and locating two bedroom apartments within our price range. I started looking at apartment listing websites in January for an April/May lease, so I guess you could call me eager or excited. I heard about how the rental market is competitive in Chicago, and it made me a little bit anxious. Down here (Florida), there are mostly apartment…
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Visiting Chicago
Visiting Chicago. Mark and I are entering into a new and very exciting phase of our life together. We are transitioning from an almost three-year long-distance relationship to a no-distance relationship. I am moving to Chicago to start medical school and Mark is joining me in the third largest city in America! We are moving at the end of May, so we have about five months to get organized, find a place to live and move. I have been doing some looking around on those apartment search websites to get a sense of what we can get for our money. We have student loans to pay off and our income…
