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Tasha

AIM: Financial Independence. To buy a tiny house and a block of land.

INCOME NEEDED: $55,000 a year.

INVESTMENT STRATEGY: Save. Keep an emergency fund and buy Vanguard funds with savings.

When Nataasha Torzsa, known as Tasha, came across the concept of financial independence on Instagram, her spending was out of control. She was $11,500 in debt, which she shuffled around on credit cards. She had no savings or emergency fund.

Tasha, who was single, really wanted a baby. But financially it wasn’t an option, unless she

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