Wondering how to lower your hospital bill? Hospital stays can be extremely scary. Especially if you don’t have experience with hospitals. Other than giving birth to my son, I was very fortunate to never have to stay in a hospital until this year, when I had a scary pregnancy complication. The whole drive to the […]
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FIRST STEPS TO PAYING OFF MASSIVE STUDENT LOANS
Got massive student loan debt? Let me start out by saying you aren’t alone! We graduated from law school (me) and dental school (hubby) with $650,000 in student loans. (You can read our student loan debt story here). At the time we felt completely alone, but we quickly realized that we weren’t. In fact, lots […]
HOW TO NOT FEEL STRESSED FINANCIALLY
I don’t know about you, but the end of the year usually leaves me feeling one way— strapped financially. And feeling strapped financially makes me feel stressed. And do you know what I already have enough of in my life? Stress. Especially at the end of the year when there are deadlines for work and […]
SHOULD I PAY OFF STUDENT LOANS BEFORE SAVING?
Wondering whether you should pay off student loans before saving? I wondered the same thing when I started my journey of aggressively paying off $650k of student loans. While everyone’s situation is different, I think for the most part, you should save up some money before paying off student loans. Here’s why. Should I pay […]
BEST SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT CARD 2019
Since we opened up our businesses recently (Danny bought an existing dental practice and I started working from home reviewing contracts for people), we’ve been on the hunt for the best small business credit card. Instead of taking other people’s word for it, I read the fine print on the most popular small business credit […]
BUYING A DENTAL PRACTICE WHEN YOU’RE IN DEBT
Have you been thinking about buying a dental practice when you’re in debt? Wondering whether it’s a good idea? This year, we bought a dental practice even though we have over $400,000 left to pay back on our student loans (we’re down from $650,000!) So we definitely can appreciate all of the stress and things […]
JUNE 2019 DEBT UPDATE
Hey frugal friends! It’s been a while since I’ve shared a debt update on the blog. This is so for two reasons: (1) I send out a newsletter once a month that shares all of our monthly spending and gives a debt update and (2) we haven’t had much to share since we stopped making […]