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 – 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 21, 2014

Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Do You Set Goals for Your 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 debt may hurt housing recovery by hampering first-time buyers:  The growing student loan burden carried by millions of Americans threatens to undermine the housing recovery’s momentum by discouraging, or even blocking, a generation of potential buyers from purchasing their first homes. (more…)

Weekly Round Up – January 31, 2014

Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on What is Web Marketing, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. The Three Reasons Why The Debt Ceiling Could Become A Nightmare Again:  Congress will need to either hike or suspend the nation’s debt ceiling in February, and so far, senators on both sides of the aisle are predicting this fight will be much less climactic than previous squabbles in 2013 and 2011. (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 – December 20, 2013

Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on online day trading 101, and let me know what you   think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. College Student Debt Soars; College Presidents’ Pay Skyrockets:  Presidents of U.S. colleges and universities fundraise with donors, preside over graduation ceremonies and provide unversities with long-range strategic vision. They are also paid handsomely for their work. Forty-two private college presidents earned more than $1 million in 2011, according to a new analysis by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The median...

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 – 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 – August 23, 2013

Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to successfully 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. Debt Is Making Young People Sick:  So you still can’t decide if you should empty your savings account to buy that starter home, trading a renter’s lifestyle for a 30-year mortgage? Or maybe you’re pondering an apartment you can’t really afford, or a first car you’re only kind-of convinced you need? (more…)

Top Tips to Beat Student Debt

When it comes to studying, it seems there is no way around leading an expensive lifestyle. Even if you are fairly thrifty with your money, if you are studying full time, you will always need help with your finances. Luckily though, there are government guidelines put in place that mean the money you lend while you are studying will, more likely than not, be the best loan you will ever take out. But try to remember, it is still debt. Once you have graduated, you will need to start paying it back, but don’t let it get you down, internet...