Episode 70: We Paid Off Our Mortgage in Our 20s with Kim and Cressel Anderson

Posted Nov 23, 2017 | Updated May 24, 2019

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My Guests on the Show…

Kim and Cressel Anderson have an incredible story.

Like many of us, they were just going through the motions and asking themselves if there was more to life than driving hours each way to their corporate America job, only to wake up and do it all over again every single day.

That’s when they decided to make a change and do something absolutely crazy….make it their mission to go completely debt free inside their 20s!

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Mentioned in this Episode

Awesome Money Course

Kim’s blog: Thrifty Little Mom

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

Live. Save. Spend. Repeat.: The Life You Want with the Money You Have by Kim Anderson

Show Notes

How Chris and Kim First Met [1:33]

The Story of How Kim and Cressel Bought Their House [6:24]

Why Kim Quit Her Job [8:45]

Why They Decided to Pay Off Their Mortgage [12:19]

Their Mortgage Payoff Strategy [16:15]

How it Felt to Be Debt Free [23:25]

Kim’s Journey into Entrepreneurship [28:04]

When Cressel Quit His Job to Stay Home [34:25]

Kim and Cressel’s Biggest Piece of Advice [39:28]

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Chris Petrie

Chris (Peach) Petrie is a personal finance expert, money coach, speaker and podcaster.

In 2011, Chris and his family were exhausted from living paycheck-to-paycheck and facing a mountain of debt. They started going against the society standards of misbehaving with money and made the decision to take back control of their lives and money. Within seven months they paid off $52,000, started saving like crazy and began building real wealth.

The word spread fast and Chris started showing friends how to create a budget over dinner. Soon after he started showing their friends how to do the same and eventually Chris started teaching personal finance classes around the community. As the need for the classes grew, Chris launched Money Peach in 2015.

Money Peach was created to help everyday people remove the stress and fear of money by showing them how to save more, make more, and keep more of their money.

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When Chris isn’t at “work” he can be found at the Crossfit gym or riding on the fire truck — Chris is also a full-time firefighter in Phoenix, Arizona.