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Today, Seth Godin (one of my favorite bloggers who usually talks about marketing) posted a great piece about consumer debt. Two great excerpts: Here’s a simple MBA lesson: borrow money to buy things that go up in value. Borrow money if it improves your productivity and makes you more money. Leverage multiplies the power of your business because with leverage, ... 
If you are swimming in a sea of bad debt, keeping your head above water can be incredibly difficult. Thanks to our consumer culture, the availability of credit cards and a general lack of concern for what debt means, many people find that their bad debt is out of control. Luckily, there are a few easy solutions that anyone can ... 
Dave Ramsey is a popular radio talk show host and author and his latest book, The Total Money Makeover has generated quite a bit of excitement. He claims that money management is 80% behavior and 20% knowledge, and there is a lot of truth to that. While the book covers a lot of interesting tips and techniques for managing your ...  By Nora Dunn
How well do you understand your debt and how to manage it? Do you know the different types of credit available to you, and how to manage your credit rating? Do you live within your means, or are you up to your eyeballs and sinking? Following is a Financial IQ Test to help you determine how healthy ... 
If you’re phone is ringing off the hook, or your debt collectors are literally breaking down your door, it’s time to learn your rights and how to handle them. No matter why you ended up delinquent on your accounts, dealing with debt collectors is humiliating and infuriating. However, there are a few steps that you can take to ensure that ... A while back (has it been almost eighteen months already?), I wrote a very detailed article about coming up with a debt repayment plan. This plan works – it’s what I did when I realized that I was in serious financial trouble and needed to overcome it. Yet it’s not the first step in the process. The absolute first ... 
Every single one of us would be thrilled to have more money coming into our homes every month. If you’re relying on one or two paychecks as the primary earnings for your income, you can relate that it’s pretty tough to get ahead. Everyday expenses chip away at our standard incomes and unless you manage to get a big promotion, ... 
This really sounds like the ultimate oxymoron, but one of the best ways to get out of debt is to go a little bit further in. What’s that? First, to help this make more sense, let’s clarify – if you need to get out of bad debt, going into good debt will help you pay off those credit cards and ... 
The average American is currently carrying at least some form of debt, even if it is small. We live in a society where overspending is common and credit card debt has become a right of passage. In many cases, you need to be in debt in order to start building your credit history. Without this, it is hard to get ... 
Many of us have the wrong idea when it comes to debt. After years of being told that it is a bad thing and should be avoided, most of us never want to get into the problem of having to deal with debt. Millions more are in over their heads with bad debt and facing the consequences. However, there are ... |
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