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Debt

There’s a traditional approach to getting rid of student loans: you pay them off. Depending on the type of degree you got, that can mean a sizable chunk of your income going to student loans for years to come. Repayment isn’t the only way to eliminate student loans, however. There are other options that offer [...]

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This time of year, it is common to receive a rather friendly suggestion that you can skip a debt payment. Some lenders will let you do this just for the month of December (“use the money to ease your holiday budget crunch”), and others will let you skip payments in January as well (“start your [...]

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While many individuals seek to save money where possible, budget effectively and build a significant emergency fund, others are not so fortunate in their financial circumstances. Whether as a result of the significant rises in unemployment or the poor state of the property market, some individuals are experiencing considerable financial difficulty.
Debt has an inherent aspect [...]

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Everyone should be asking themselves at one point or another – “Should I Pay Off My Mortgages Early”?
When choosing whether to pay down debt or invest, the primary factors are the interest rate on the debt and what rate of return you think you could safely achieve by investing. Sometimes, however, this calculation isn’t as [...]

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Returning to familiar territory after a period of absence can bring back a flood of memories. Some are good, others might be bad but these mental pictures almost always generate a new perspective to the whole situation.
For many that were successful in getting out of debt, the struggles and the stress of paying high [...]

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Imagine for a minute that you know two families – both have similar household income and both started out with nothing in their bank accounts. Now, let’s assume that one family (we’ll call them DebtBag) likes to keep up with the jones. The family starts to buy million dollar homes, multiple Mercedes and [...]

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I don’t believe in “good and bad debt”. Debt is debt is debt is debt. Whether it’s out of necessity or due to a sudden lost of sanity, borrowed money is a liability that needs to be paid back.
The granddaddy of “good debt” is, of course, a mortgage. Most home buyers couldn’t buy a house without [...]

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In the modern era where credit cards are so convenient, loans are so common and debt is socially acceptable, it’s extremely easy to get into debt. I still have vivid memories of the two people that sold me on my college credit card. It has the school logo on there and best of [...]

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Mathematically, it’s obvious that paying off loans with the highest interests rate first makes the most financial sense but as you may know, some financial experts promote “paying off the smallest loans first” (example, Dave Ramsey’s version of the Debt Snowball).  Why do they do that?  Let’s take a look today.
Smallest Loan First
The smallest loans [...]

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This is a guest post from Joseph from Debit versus Credit outlining his plans to prosperity. If you’d like to see more, hop over to his blog! Enjoy!
I’ve made mistakes in my life, especially financial mistakes. I’m not proud of them, but then who is ever really proud of their mistakes? I [...]

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