April 20th, 2010

As the economy gets better, I am beginning to see balance transfer offers in the mail more often. One of the best offers right now is the 0% balance transfer for 15 months from Citi Platinum Select MasterCard. Balance transfer is a tempting option if you’re in debt and want to transfer your balance from higher interest rate credit ...
March 30th, 2010
One of my mentors once told me, quite insightfully, that most people make almost all of their decisions based on whatever is easiest in their life. At the time, he was referring to college life – he argued that people who filled their dorm room with distractions and entertainment were more likely to do poorly in classes than people ...
March 15th, 2010
Having blemished credit is both costly and stressful, but it does not have to be the end. Your situation may seem incredibly hopeless, but bad credit does not last forever. There are many things that can be done to improve your credit score.
1 – Stop using any of your credit cards. When you are in a bad credit situation, the ...
March 11th, 2010
The FTC had over seventy thousand complaints in 2007 leveled against debt collectors, third party agencies that collect debts for various businesses and banks. It can go without saying that not all debt collectors follow the rules. Here is some info that can help you to deal with (or not deal with) those collections agencies.
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March 8th, 2010
My two year old daughter is showing a tremendous nascent interest in making music. She sings constantly. She uses her hands as percussion all the time on her knees, on the table, and anywhere else she can use them. She climbs up to our keyboard and attempts to play songs.
Right now, I’m trying to figure ...
March 7th, 2010
Jennifer writes in:
Yesterday, I received a notice from [my credit card company] that my credit limit had been lowered from $10,000 to $4,000 on my primary credit card. I was immediately worried that my credit had been damaged by identity theft, so I checked it on annualcreditreport.com and there was nothing there at all. I’ve always paid all ...
March 7th, 2010
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 ...
March 5th, 2010
People usually agree that checking your credit report regularly is a good idea, but after downloading all my credit reports just now I found out that I had overdue library fees of $40 from my old city and they sent me to collections! I am 99.9% sure I returned them. I received no mail notices and ...
March 2nd, 2010
This is part 2 of a 4 part series on getting out of debt quickly. Make sure that you read all four parts in order to get the most out of this sequence of hints on getting yourself or your family out of the debt trap.
Next you are going to want to try to consolidate all of your debt onto ...
February 27th, 2010
FICO scores, maintained by the Fair Isaac Credit Organization, are calculated from a number of different pieces of credit data that is found within your three credit reports. There are five different categories of data that this information can be grouped into. There are specific percentages that reflect how important each individual category is when it comes to determining your ...