5 Need-to-Know Tips and Techniques to Help You Get Out of Debt
When you realize that your debt is out of control, it can be quite difficult to get out of it...
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Debt Consolidation- A Healthy Idea or Not?
Given the dynamic nature of the market, there is a certain possibility of reaching a point where the debtor may...
Weekly Round Up – May 15, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on The Mileage Plus Credit Card: How it Made my Trip an Affair to Remember, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Young Adults, Student Debt and Economic Well-Being: Student debt burdens are weighing on the economic fortunes of younger Americans, as households headed by young adults owing student debt lag far behind their peers in terms of wealth accumulation, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data. About four-in-ten...
Weekly Round Up – May 02, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on When You Have Taken on More Work Than You Can Handle, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Ukraine’s failure to pay gas debt may cut gas supply to Europe – Russia’s energy minister: Ukraine’s growing gas debt may lead to the failure of the country’s transit obligations and the reduction of gas supplies to south-eastern Europe, said the Russian Energy Ministry. (more…)
Weekly Round Up – April 25, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Maintain Open Communication with Your Virtual Assistant and Get Better Services, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Students can avoid drowning in debt with student loans: Students should only borrow money they feel comfortable repaying, a representative of a local credit union said in a session on building or rebuilding credit. (more…)
Weekly Round Up – April 04, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Franchising An Online Business, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Student loans is second largest source of debt in US households, says recent study: Steven Sabel, a former firefighter, decided to go to law school after a knee injury prevented him from returning to duty. He had wanted to be a lawyer since he was young. Sabel, now a second-year student at UCLA, is financing his degree almost entirely on loans....
Weekly Round Up – March 21, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Mutual Fund Types and Investment Tips, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Who’s to blame for exhorbinant student loan debt? Every so often some politician makes it their (brief) mission to address the burdens of overwhelming student loan debt. Universally overlooked is that these students chose their institutes of higher learning knowing exactly what the costs of education would be. They intentionally overlooked smaller, less prestigious schools such as State colleges...
Weekly Round Up – March 14, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Determining your Target Market, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. 7 pieces of terrible debt advice: Asking for advice is one of those things that can either be helpful or disastrous — it depends on the topic and who’s offering tips. When it comes to get-out-of-debt advice, the stakes are high, so choose your advisers carefully and keep an open mind when it’s time to make decisions. It’s not so much...
Weekly Round Up – March 07, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on 10 Ways to Make Money, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. 7 easy steps to pay off debt: Let’s be honest. Did you overspend in 2013? If the answer is “yes” you are not alone. American consumer debt rose 1.1 percent to $11.28 trillion in the third quarter of 2013, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That’s the highest increase in household debt in more than five years!...
Weekly Round Up – February 28, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Sticky Blog Posts: 8 Tips for an Effective Post, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Detroit submits plan to fix debt as US court agrees to hear bankruptcy case: Detroit’s historic bankruptcy filing was challenged Friday as the US sixth circuit court of appeals agreed to hear a request to have it overturned. City pension funds representing Detroit’s police and firefighters and others who face major losses in the bankruptcy proceedings...
Weekly Round Up – February 14, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Saving For The Future, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. House passes debt-ceiling increase with no add-ons: House Republicans backed away from a battle over the government’s debt cap on Tuesday and permitted President Barack Obama’s Democratic allies to drive quick passage of a measure to increase the government’s borrowing cap without any concessions from the White House. (more…)
Weekly Round Up – February 7, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Financial Websites for Market Trends, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Poll: 44 percent of Americans oppose raising debt ceiling Americans overwhelmingly do not think Congress should raise the nation’s debt limit as President Barack Obama and Congress prepare once again to wage battle over the issue, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. (more…)
Weekly Round Up – January 24, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Tips for the Online Marketer, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Debt advice clinic: put your questions to our panel The third week of January can be a struggle for many people, and debt charities report that it is one of their busiest times. It feels like a long time since the last pay packet, and bank balances could be running low. Bills for credit cards and other borrowing will start...
Weekly Round Up – January 17, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Using Facebook as an Online Public Relation and Social Marketing Tool, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1.How to write off debt and be debt free: Finding a way to write off debt and become debt free is something that many people experiencing debt problems consider at some point in time. There are a number of formal and legal debt solutions that will enable you to write off your unaffordable debt...
Weekly Round Up – January 03, 2014
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Innovative Internet Marketing Ideas, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Mortgage rise will plunge a million homeowners into ‘perilous debt’: More than a million homeowners will be at risk of defaulting on their mortgages and losing their properties in the wake of even a small rise in interest rates, a bombshell analysis reveals. Borrowers who have failed to pay down their mortgages when interest rates have been at record low levels...
Weekly Round Up – November 29, 2013
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to start a blog, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. America’s health care cost slowdown and the disappearing debt: Six years after the start of the Great Recession, there should be little disagreement what America’s number one domestic priority should be. With unemployment still stuck around 7 percent four plus years after that recession was declared “over,” creating jobs has to be Job #1. (more…)
Weekly Round Up – November 22, 2013
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on why private cloud hosting, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Climate debt collectors: Occupy wants the 1% to pay up Last year, Strike Debt — a small collective of New York-based academics, filmmakers, and business types published a short book called The Debt Resistors’ Operations Manual [PDF], which alternated between dispensing advice on how to clean up credit scores and chronicling the recent history of the finance industry. (more…)
Weekly Round Up – November 15, 2013
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to start a blog: the ultimate guide, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. How I Finally Paid Off a Lifetime of Credit Card Debt: I’ve been a debtor all my life. My parents first met at a financial loan office—my dad issued loans, my mom worked in the office. They divorced when I was 10 and my mother was left to raise two daughters in Cincinnati, Ohio on a...
Weekly Round Up – November 08, 2013
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on what’s the deal with extra income, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Don’t Sweat Margin Debt: One data point that has found a home among the bearish community is the total amount of New York Stock Exchange margin debt. It is at record highs, and this supposedly means the end of the bull market is nigh. (more…)
Weekly Round Up – November 01, 2013
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to build passive income, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. What the Senate Didn’t Do on the Debt Ceiling: With both chambers of Congress back in session on Tuesday, budget theatrics returned to Capitol Hill. In the legislative equivalent of a double negative, the Senate voted down a resolution blocking the president from extending the country’s borrowing limit. In other words: The Treasury can still borrow money to pay the country’s...
Weekly Round Up – October 18, 2013
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to start a blog, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Senate stalls bi-partisan debt ceiling deal to end government shutdown: With only five days left to a possible default, there is yet no unity in the US senate with Republicans and Democrats rejecting each other’s proposal to end the 12-day-old government shutdown. (more…)
Weekly Round Up – September 27, 2013
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to start a blog: the ultimate guide, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. With No Talks on Debt Ceiling, Risks Mount: As the nation approached its legal borrowing limit more than two years ago, President Barack Obama entered long and messy negotiations with Republicans in Congress. Amid the debate, his job-approval ratings fell to record lows. Now, Mr. Obama is trying a new strategy, refusing to negotiate over terms for raising...
Weekly Round Up – September 20, 2013
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Sticky Blog Posts: 8 Tips for an Effective Post, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Obama economic adviser’s refrain: No debt ceiling negotiations President Barack Obama and his closest advisers are making it clear: They will not negotiate on the looming debt ceiling. In an interview on Sunday with ABC, Obama said he “will not negotiate…on the debt ceiling” because making a debate over the credit of the United States the...
Weekly Round Up – September 13, 2013
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on 5 SEO Tips, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. DC residents losing property in ‘predatory’ debt-collection program – report: Washington DC officials have set up a controversial program that allows out-of-state investors to initiate foreclosures against homeowners who have fallen behind on their taxes, in some cases for just hundreds of dollars. The District of Columbia for many years placed liens – a means of debt security – on properties...
Weekly Round Up – September 6, 2013
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to build passive income, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Tropical island paradise tops debt league: The Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, better known for their pristine beaches and crystal clear waters, are the most indebted nation in the world, according to a new report released on Monday. The “debt league” compiled data on government debt and private debt and looked at how much a country owes as well as...