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How I Live on Less than $40,000 Annually: John from Maryland

By John Steiner

The name is John Steiner and I live in Southern Maryland with my better half/muse/wife Abi. I'm 27 and Abi is 25; we've been married since December 2015 and have no kids. I'm the CFO for the family, but Abi is the household CEO. At the ...

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