Everyone’s been giving out credit repair advice for free these days, and we’re all for it. By and large, here’s the consensus: paying off your credit bills right now = very good idea. It’ll save you money in the long haul. A lot of money, actually. Great, you say. But if I had the money [...]
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Continue ReadingYesterday we started a post where we outlined some of the new credit card laws; and how they affect you. Today, we're talking about a couple more of the new laws that you need to know about as well. Advance Notice on Rate Increases This one doesn’t seem major, but trust us, it is. Right [...]
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Continue ReadingWhat, you don’t like snookums? How about sweetheart? Love interest? Significant other? Partner in canoodling? That idiot who you’ve been fighting with about finances lately? Ooh, that last one got a little harsh. A lot of couples ARE arguing about finances these days, and it always sucks. Here’s the thing when you’re in a tough [...]
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Continue ReadingCredit card companies have been abusing their cardholders for years, encouraging them in bad credit habits and recouping tons of money in fees. In an attempt to curb these practices, President Obama recently passed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act (also called the Credit CARD Act, because legislators can be clever too). The [...]
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Continue ReadingFor better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part. And if we divorce, I promise to continue paying my share of the credit cards. Wait, what? When we meet that one perfect person, the one we [...]
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Continue ReadingYour credit’s lousy, and somehow it just got worse. You’re not even sure how it happened. You’ve been making your payments, you’re not a loser. Here’s 5 Things that screw up your credit that you probably don’t know about. #1 Closing Old Credit Cards When you finally pay off that credit card, it seems like [...]
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Continue ReadingKids these days. With their iPods and their Xboxes and their cellphone texting. Overdeveloped fingers and underdeveloped social skills. You disobedient rugrats, get offa my lawn! Annnnnnd apparently I’m an old man waving a cane from my porch rocking chair. But it’s true that kids have gotten highly dependent on their technology, and they [...]
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Continue ReadingIf you’re reading this blog, your credit is probably not in the best shape. Okay, that was soft-pedaling. Your credit sucks. It’s seriously in the hole. You have a handful of credit cards that are all maxed out, you can’t pay your mortgage, you have student loan providers who are pissed at you. You also [...]
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Continue ReadingWe have opinions about Suze Orman. We think, for example, that she is a very savvy marketing expert. We think someone is very good at doing her hair. We hear she is a delight on talk shows. It’s a shame that her math skills seem to be so sadly wanting.
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Continue ReadingIt's time we clean this blog up and put up some new, helpful stuff for you guys. We hope to have it all completed in the next 2 weeks. In the meantime, sign up for our RSS feeds and we'll let you know when its done.
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