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Kate went from $18,000 in credit-card debt and less than $1,000 in savings to having $800,000 invested with her fiancé. So how did she turn things around? Kate shares how she changed her spending habits, built a flexible money system, and made a risky career move that eventually took her income from a $90,000 base salary to $550,000 in one year. She also exp ... Show More
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