All Posts Tagged With: "Debt Reduction"
Try Your Hand at Solving the National Debt Crisis
Show Washington how it’s done. Play Budget Hero. Solve the National Debt Crisis, and be home in time for dinner.
26Sep2008 |
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Credit Scores - How They Are Determined May Surprise You
John knows he’d better pay his bills on time if he and his wife are to buy their dream house next spring. He finally has his credit score cleaned up, and doesn’t want to go through that arduous process again.
What John doesn’t know is that the bar tab he picks up with his credit […]
Lisa | 1 comment | Continued
10 Ways to Bury Yourself In Debt
Guaranteed budget killers.
Get Divorced.
Divorce court = lawyer’s paradise. Cha-ching.
Gamble.
This includes copius amounts of lottery tickets.
Play the stock market when you don’t know what you’re doing.
Same as #2.
Buy a Cadillac when a Corolla will do.
Repeat after me: I can’t afford it.
Spend tomorrow’s money today just for fun.
Only spend tomorrow’s money today if the bottom falls […]
Lisa | 18 comments | Continued
Finally Some Relief for Struggling Home Owners
Finally, it’s the victim’s turn. The New York Times reports that the senate is about to pass a bill assisting suffering homeowners, and it’s a good one.
You’ll be able to cancel your subprime mortgage and replace it with a new fixed rate mortgage at 90% of your home’s current value.
There are other benefits for […]
Lisa | 2 comments | Continued
There’s No Lake
I was talking to a friend about money, and for some reason they kept talking about some lake.
They kept saying “There’s no lake. There’s no lake.”
What?
Ohhhhh, Snowflake. You mean saving small amounts of money until you have enough to build a glacier or something.
ugh.
Hey, they could’ve been talking about the lake effect.
Or, it appears […]
Lisa | 3 comments | Continued
Running the Gauntlet on Debt: A Debt Reduction Plan
OK, you got yourself here, now what? You’re surrounded by your 44 inch flat screen TV, there’s a new car in the driveway, and you could start a company called Video Game Central. But you’re bottom of the barrel broke. You’re paying the minimum on three of those fancy “Platinum” Credit Cards, […]
29Apr2008 |Lisa | 6 comments | Continued
“Cha-Ching” Spending
“New perspectives on how our self-control interacts with our spending see a battle between impulsive, emotional processes and far-sighted planning processes.”
18Apr2008 |Lisa | 4 comments | Continued
When People Go Bad: A History of the Subprime Mess
I’ll sum it all up in four words - deregulation, unscrupulous, predatory, greed.
There you have it. And now, here we are, in up to our necks, even atheists helplessly praying, watching as our 401ks shrink from ripe plump grapes into shriveling raisins, hoping we still have our homes and some retirement money left when the […]
Lisa | 12 comments | Continued
The Dope on Credit Card Debt
These are the best ideas for credit card usage I’ve seen! Thanks for the sound advice. Lisa
30Mar2008 |Lisa | 23 comments | Continued
