10 Unique Actions That Helped Us PayOff Our Mortgage In 5 Years

THRIFTYFRUGALMOM

While I frequently share about saving money, I don’t often mention many details about our personal financial story.

There have been different times that I’ve considered sharing more, but in the end, I’ve always decided not to because I was afraid that it would sound like I was tooting our horn or that we think we have it all together and are so much better than everyone else.

I also have worried that it will make other people feel “less than” because if you are like me, it’s easy to do the whole comparison thing and start being hard on yourself because you aren’t doing what someone else does.

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Recently though, I had a reader email me with some questions about saving money and she mentioned that although she is super frugal, sometimes she just needs encouragement to keep saving, to stick with budgeting, to be reminded often that all the sacrifices and hard work will be worth it in the end.

BOUGHT A ROW HOUSE IN THE CITY

We lived in an area where land was super expensive, so this was a much cheaper option and we were able to get a nice house with a small yard for way less than we would have otherwise.

No. 1

BOUGHT A FORECLOSED FIXER-UPPER

My husband is a Mr. Fix-it of sorts, so this worked for us because it meant we were able to do a lot of the work ourselves.  We also had times where family and friends pitched in with smaller projects like painting and roof replacements.

No. 2

DROVE OLD CARS

We’ve never owned a car that was newer than 9 years old.  Most of them haven’t looked awful (although the one you see pictured above sure did!), but neither do they look amazing either.

No. 3

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