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Best Payoff Tips: The Truth Behind Using Credit

Welcome to today’s edition of the Best Payoff Tips! Each week we feature the best tips from financial articles, news and stories around the web. Whether it’s on our Facebook page, Twitter account or here on the blog, we aim to make money simple, … Continue reading

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How to Deal With Post-Holiday Credit Card Debt

You promised yourself you wouldn’t do it, but it happened anyway. You overspent during the holidays, and now you’ve got a whopping post-holiday credit card hangover. Try these tactics for getting back on track financially. Avoid the blame game Rather than kicking yourself for … Continue reading

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Best Payoff Tips: The Debt Movement

Welcome to today’s edition of the Best Payoff Tips. Each week we feature the best tips from financial articles, news and stories around the web. Whether it’s on our Facebook page, Twitter account or here on the blog, we aim to make money simple, … Continue reading

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4 Holiday Season Consumer Debt Traps

It can takes months to get rid of the financial hangover that comes from consumer debt taken on during the holidays. This year, you can have your holiday pleasure without the lingering financial stress, by avoiding these debt traps. Department … Continue reading

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10 College Finance Tips to Keep You Out of Debt

College can be a great opportunity if you do it right: a gateway to higher-paying jobs and a potentially secure career. It can also start you off in life on the wrong financial foot by putting you in debt before … Continue reading

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Which Bills Should Be Paid First?

In today’s economy, many are straddling the financial gulch between financial freedom and financial disaster, just one paycheck away from certain struggle. Going to bed at night knowing you’re one blown engine or one medical emergency away from plummeting to … Continue reading

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Two Main Strategies for Paying Down Debt and Which is Best

So you’re on a budget and want to pay down debt, but are unsure of how to attack it. Not everyone can refinance or set up another way to pay off debt in a lump sum. Fortunately, there’s two main ways to gradually … Continue reading

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5 Ways To Pay Off Your Mortgage Early

For many people their home is their largest investment and also their largest debt. What you could do with extra money if you could pay off your mortgage early? Would you invest those funds, improve your quality of life, or … Continue reading

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6 Obstacles That Keep You From Paying Off Debt

Do you truly want to pay off debt but aren’t very successful? There’s a good chance that something is holding you back. Discovering what’s blocking you from climbing out of debt is the key to going from the red into … Continue reading

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Back to School: Educate Yourself on Credit and Debt

If you want to earn an “A” in money management, you’ve got to educate yourself on important credit lessons so you don’t flunk out. And with the back to school season around the corner, it’s just in time. The good … Continue reading