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How to eliminate consumer debt including mortgage and reach financial freedom

It seems like an impossible task to accomplish for many people living from paycheck to paycheck, but it is not if you are willing to put in the effort. It is more common sense than anything else, spend less...

2 comments    life advice finance
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Writing letters to collection agencies: Use caution!

I've spent many years writing a lot of letters. Not love letters unfortunately but letters to deal with credit issues. Letters to creditors, collection agencies and credit bureaus. You'd be surprised just how...

3 comments    how to finance money
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Don't Be Bait for Debt Settlement Services Companies

There are a few advantages and lots of pitfalls in using debt settlement services. With consumers on the ragged edge of financial disaster, and banks own gambling (lending) practices being shown the light of...

0 comments    debt settlement consumers
Debt Kills74

Is Debt Free Really Better?

It’s a good question. A lot of families have lost their homes in foreclosure over the last year. It seems like we’ve been hearing more about living debt free since the financial crisis started. Before...

9 comments    debt loans credit cards
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GettingOutofDebt

Being in serious credit card debt can be a very scary thing. There is societal shame that comes from having to admit that you are not in control of finances. Increasingly high interest rates are making it...

0 comments    debt credit cards cash flow
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Christian Debt Consolidation

Christian debt consolidation is becoming widespread these days, and many advocates deem it as being a much better debt management option compared to ordinary consumer debt relief services. Many people prefer...

0 comments    debt consolidation debt relief
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Why Debt Consolodation

There is no doubt about it; American families are in need of drastic changes to their debt situations if they are going to survive in these hard times today. Everyone knows that the economy is falling and we...

0 comments    debt credit card debt
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Consumer Debt Settlement

There are several different kinds of debt out there. Debt basically is what you owe someone else. If you borrow $1,000 from a friend and you still have to pay them back, you have $1,000 in debt. If you...

0 comments    finance money income
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Things Collection Agencies Cannot Do

You get a call and and someone, you do not know and have never met before, begins to attack you for being late with, or missing, a payment on your credit card or loan. Your honesty is even called into...

0 comments    consumer debt debt counselors
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Find a Consumer Debt Counseling Service Right for You

Until June 2007, I worked for one of America’s largest subprime mortgage companies.  Needless to say, I saw my fair share of people with credit problems.  I also found out how hard it is to find a debt...

8 comments    finance money debt
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