Refinancing your home’s mortgage is becoming more and more prevalent. Interest rates are the lowest they’ve ever been. I have to admit, even though we’ve got a decent interest rate, I have been thinking about refinancing our home. Moving our mortgage to a new loan with a lower interest rate could make our [...]
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When to Refinance
April 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Debt · Personal Finance
Paying Off Credit Card Debt
April 1st, 2009 · 7 Comments
Paying off debt has been in the news a lot with the current economy. Credit card debt is a plague that has stricken countless families. Paying off the excessive debt can stress your monthly cash flow but having too much debt can keep you from getting a good rate on a home mortgage or [...]
Tags: Credit · Debt · Personal Finance
Five Key Steps to Managing College Loan Debt
February 25th, 2009 · 3 Comments
College loan debt is a huge problem for many people. The following guest post by TJ Hanson of GoCollege.com provides some ideas on how to manage college loan debt.
A college degree is a very admirable goal. But in recent weeks there have been a number of articles detailing an extremely alarming trend.
All [...]
Tags: College · Debt · Personal Finance · Saving Money
Getting Out of Credit Card Debt; You Can Do It!
January 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Getting out of credit card debt can seem like an unrealizeable goal. Credit card debt can cause massive stress. Imagine a life without that debt. Can you see it? If you’re like many average families, you may have a hard time getting a clear picture. Many people have been [...]
Tags: Credit · Debt · General Finance · Personal Finance
Make 2009 Your Year to Get Debt-Free
December 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Getting out of debt is an admirable goal at any time of the year. But you have to admit, starting your journey to a life without debt at the beginning of the year has a certain amount of appropriateness to it. When is a better time to start this new chapter in your [...]
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Make a Plan to Pay Off Holiday Debt
December 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Now that your holiday shopping is almost done (hopefully, anyway) you may find yourself buried in holiday debt. Don’t feel like you’re alone; many people get a little carried away as they shop for Christmas presents. Then, add the cost of those presents to the other typical holiday expenses like decorations for your [...]
Tags: Debt · Personal Finance
Stop Buying Stuff with the Payments Mentality
August 13th, 2008 · 8 Comments
One of the hardest parts of learning to being fiscally responsible is breaking free from the payment mentality. Becoming mired down in monthly payments creates a cycle seems almost impossible to break free from. Because you always have a payment to make, you are never able to save up enough money to pay [...]
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