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Personal Finance Tips From People Who Have Paid Off Their Debts

A year’s worth of wisdom from our personal-finance series ‘Into the Black’

Into the Black: I Paid Off $48K in Student Loan Debt in One Year

Determined to pay off his loans, Ryan started driving for Uber, walking dogs and more

Into the Black: My Wife and I Went from $110,000 in Debt to a $250,000 Net Worth

Air Force captain and personal finance blogger Spencer Reese is on a mission to be financially independent by 40

Into the Black: I Paid Off My Credit Card By Searching the Ocean For Gold

Bryan Rengel rebuffed law school for a career as a diver—but it took him years to get his finances above water

Into the Black: I Gave Up My Dream of Being an Artist to Pay Off My Debt

Into the Black: I Married Into $100,000 of Student Loan Debt, but We Escaped Together

Into the Black: How an Air Force Engineer Paid off His and His Mother’s Debts

Into the Black: I Went From $80,000 in Debt to a Net Worth of $200,000 in Six Years

Into the Black: I Paid Off Nearly $16,000 in Student Loan Debt, But It Cost Me My Friends

Into the Black: I Was in $6,000 in Credit Card Debt After Being Scammed by a Dating Service