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How I bounced back from bankruptcy in under 7 years — and you can too

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Andrea Smith came out of bankruptcy with a net worth of around $150,000 .

Less than seven years later , she has catapulted her net worth over sixfold to $ 840,000 . Smith opted for a Chapter 7 over a Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

Smith and her husband found they could live comfortably on his income alone if he took a job teaching at an international school overseas.

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