Name: Precious and Chaun Ares Age: Precious, 31 and Chaun, 32 City/state: Inglewood, CA Amount of debt: Approximately $126,000 Type of debt: A car loan of $3,751, student loan of $46,000, credit card loan of $10,000) and personal loans of $64,000 —…

Name: Josh Age: 35 City/state: Houston, TX Amount of debt: $65,000 Type of debt: Student loan How long it took to pay off: Five years (ten was the planned payback period) Jobs held while paying the debt: Internal audit staff, demand planner,…

Name: Jeremy Age: 27 City/state: Spring Lake, NJ Amount of debt: $10,000 Type of debt: credit card How long it took to pay off: 5 years Jobs held while paying the debt: Communications professional Salary: Around $60k My parents, especially my…

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