This content was created by Alan Akina. This content was uploaded by Alan Akina. This is a YouTube testimonial titled "Be Debt Free...FAST with 101 Financial" (posted 2015-11-24) featuring members of the Akuin family—Kawai and Kamaka—speaking about their experience with the 101 Financial One-on-One program. They describe starting with $86,000 in debt, paying it off in about 1.5 years using the program, buying a house and a larger family car, having a child, and being able to take family vacations. The clip emphasizes achieving financial peace of mind and improved quality of life.
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Hi, I'm Kawai. This is Kamaka, and we're the Akuins. We originally are from Hauula, but now live in Kapolei. We got started in 101 about 2 and a half years ago, and when we started, we had $86,000 in debt. 101 has really helped us, not only with our finances, but with our entire life. It was the best financial decision we did, because when we started, we were living paycheck to paycheck. We were living with his parents, the in-laws, and we just felt like we couldn't make it. How could we live in Hawaii and have all these bills and debt? Well, when we did the financial analysis, it told us that conventionally it would take us 18.5 years to pay off our debt. With the One on One system, we actually paid off that $86,000 in a year and a half. And then we bought a house in December. Yay! And then we had him in December too, so that helped us planning our future. And then it also allowed us to buy a bigger car, a bigger family car, because we have a 4-year-old too, and we all didn't fit in my little Corolla. So the other thing that 101 has helped us with is we now really achieved our financial peace of mind. Come here. Come sit down. And the way we've achieved that is we don't argue about our bills anymore. We don't worry about them because we know we're secure and it's taken care of. And it allows us to enjoy life a whole lot more. In that 2 and a half years— prior to the 2 and a half years, we never took a family trip. No family vacations. We've been together for 12 years. Nothing. Within that 2 and a half years, we went to the outer islands a couple times, we went— I went to Vegas, we went to Washington 3 times now, and we just came back from Disney World. So, it's amazing what we achieved, and we always love to share it, and we hope that anybody who hears about it, or if you get referred to it, just Keep your mind open and just jump right in and take it all in. And that's it. That's our story. Thank you. Say hi. Hi.
