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Mar 2018
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11: Financial Freedom in Less Than Five ...

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Joel and his wife were barreling down the wrong financial path - saving nothing and spending more than $100,000 every year. A freak car accident literally changed the direction of their lives by causing them to re-evaluate and decide on what was truly... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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