Debt Blog Payoff Stories: Listening to other peoples stories and reading debt blogs really helps me keep going when the going gets tough. Read & watch these debt payoff stories for a bit of inspiration! I update this page regularly. If you do come across a broken link please leave a comment.
**updated October 2012. newer posts at the top

• Tamra & Robert paid off $41085 in 4 yrs & 5 months.

• Mike & Sarah worked 4 jobs between them while Mike was still at school full time to pay off $82,000 in 3 years.

• Robert & Evalina paid off $56,000 in 2.5 years

• Watch Brian & Libby tell how they paid off $63,000 debt in 26 months

• John’s story is very motivating. He graduated from Harvard Law School with $101,000 debt. He got serious about paying it off fast and in completed his ‘mission’ paying off over $90,000 in student loans in 210 days.  He also wrote a kindle book called No More Harvard Debt about the experience. You can also listen to his interview here.

• Stephen paid off $22,000 in 2.5 years.

• Check out this fun video ” I’m debt free and I know it!” by Stacey from StaceyMakesCents. You can read Staceys debt free story here.

• Blonde on a Budget paid off $17000 in 1 year

• Anna paid off $23,000 in 15 months

• Yael paid down $12,000 debt in 14 months

• Carrie paid off $14,000 in 14 months

• Kam & Anique paid off $34,000 in 2 years

• This couple paid off $32,000 in 2 years. When they started he was earning $9 /hour

• John & his family paid off $65,000 and fully funded his emergency fund in 25 months

• Michael paid off $237,428 in 5 Years

• Frank paid off $70,000 in 4 years 

• Ryan & Jennifer paid off $20,000 in 2years

• Focused Spender paid of $65,000 in 2 years

• Jamie paid off $70,000 in debt so she could quit her job to be a SAHM

• Alison is a military wife who paid off $35,000 in debt

• Cheapskate intellectual has paid off $22,885. 

•  Gabe has  paid off $16,000 in 12 months

• This couple paid off $125,000 in 7 years

•  No Credit Needed paid off $11,500 in 10 months

• Frugal trader paid off $50,000 in 3.5 years

• Doug & Rachel paid off $30,000 in one year

• Larry paid off $25,000 in >debt in18 months

•  Kels & Ric paid off $39,772 in 23 months

•  This couple paid off $10,000 in 2 years one toilet at a time!

• Jeremy & Ellen paid off $21,500 in one year 

• Paul & Erin paid off $42,000 in 18 months.

•  Frugal Homesteading bloggers paid off  $45,000 in four years

• Sue & Jeremy paid off almost $38,000 in 22 months

• Ninja from Punch in the Face tells how he paid off $28,463 

• J.D. Roth from Get Rich Slowly tells the story of his payoff.

• The Hildebrandts paid off $123,000 in 4 year. Read their story here  or  watch the video here

• Read how Ben from Trees Full of Money paid off $90,415 in 2 years

• Matt at Slow Roasted Money has a lot of good interviews with people who’ve paid off debt.

• Enemy of Debt has a great series of debt free stories

• Read ‘we did it!’ stories from Dave Ramsey followers

Brian paid off $86,000 in debt and celebrated by jumping out of plane downunder. I love it!

Scott paid off $130,000 in 14 months! He climbed a Dave Ramsey billboard to scream “I’m debt free!” Watch it here: