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5 Steps to Getting Out of Debt
The dreaded D-word: debt. All of us have it at some time or another, and we would all like to get rid of it. Although it is probably not possible to live 100 percent debt free, you can manage the debt you have... (more)
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7 Common Questions about Debt
I want to move to another city and my credit rating is bad. How can I help my credit rating? I have one year to do this... (more)
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Winning the Credit Card Game
Credit card companies have been scrambling to find new ways to take your money. Fight back with these strategies!... (more)
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Credit 101: Frequently Asked Questions
Credit is probably one of the most important, least understood aspects of personal finance. Credit scoring affects every major purchase in your life, from cars to school to houses. Good credit opens doors, bad credit closes them. But what is credit, and why does it matter to you?... (more)
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Pay less on student loans.
Making the monthly payment on your student loan may be a budget buster, but don't blow it off and go into default. It will stalk you for years, negatively affecting anything you need an acceptable credit rating for, including background checks for apartment rentals and possibly that "good" job... (more)
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Lowdown on loans: loans can be a practical, low cost way to pay for college--just be prepared to make payments far into the future.
Waiting tables and working summers for a surveying firm gave David Hilmer a nice nest egg for college at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Although the money he saved was a good start, it was not enough. "After about a year and a half, I was scrambling--thinking how I was going to cover my dorm expenses and tuition," he recalls. Now 37 and the director of business development at Little Tornadoes, a Web consulting company in New York City, Hilmer says that student loans (a federal Perkins, Stafford, and a university loan) enabled him to graduate... (more)
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