Why is it that when we hear the word “budget” we cringe, or sigh and roll our eyes? Maybe it’s because a budget will show us how much money we’re throwing away on things we don’t really need. Or maybe a budget will force us to change our current lifestyle that we’ve gotten comfortable with. …
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Can You Negotiate Defaulted Student Loans?
If you’ve been trying to duck your government student loans you should realize that you can’t outrun them forever. Eventually they will catch up to you. If you’ve defaulted on your federal student loan debt — that is, gone at least a year without payments — you may feel as if you have no options …
How to Save for a Big Purchase
All too often when we want something with a big price tag we end up plunging ourselves into debt just to get it. We open a new Best Buy card and get that 62” HDTV, or see the commercial for “No Financing until 2011” and finally get that living room set we’ve been eyeing up. …
Equifax focuses on small businesses
Equifax, one of the three major credit reporting agencies, has apparently shifted some of its focus to small businesses. The company has launched a new service aimed specifically at small business customers, which will in turn allow them to build on their own credit monitoring performance and more closely follow the state of credit health …
Tips to Get Rid of Credit Card Debt
When you’re so deep in credit card debt, you know that you need to do something to stop from being overwhelmed. But even debt relief isn’t going to do everything for you. You need to get some initiative and work to be debt free yourself. Hide Those Cards Away – While many people suggest that …
Beware of Ineffective Debt Relief
The Better Business Bureau released a report recently claiming that consumers that are looking for debt relief should definitely be wary of some of the deceitful companies that are out there. But it's not just the BBB who’s sounding the alarm. The U.S. Government Accountability Office just came out with the results of an undercover …
Wanna See Why It’s So Important to Pick the Right Debt Relief Company?
It may seem like our record starts to skip a few beats every time we discuss debt relief and debt settlement companies, and how important it is to pick the right one, but we feel the urgency is justified when we read about scumbags out there who set up debt elimination scams, and those who …
One Man’s Courageous Journey to Find the Right Apartment (and how you can too)
I thought I’d try something different today and let an employee post his story about finding a new apartment, and why having a good credit score can mean the difference between finding a nice place to live, or having to settle for a hellhole. My moving day is fast approaching. As in, this Friday. Should …
Who’s Ready For More Taxes?
Those of you with an overflowing Amazon wish list may want to consider moving some of those items to the checkout cart sooner rather than later, because if Democratic Rep. Bill Delahunt has anything to say about it, the care-free, tax-free days of internet spending are about to come to an end. While many consumers …
Apple-geddon: Apple Fakes Signal Strength On All iPhones; Faces Class Action Suit
I’m sure just about everyone reading this remembers, or has at least heard of, Apple’s 1984 Super Bowl ad which introduced the Macintosh. Inspired by George Orwell’s novel of the same name, the ad depicted a bleak dystopian future in which everyone’s a mindless drone taking orders from a totalitarian regime on a big screen …
