From the category archives:
Who the heck is Credit Cruncher??
Its a little cheesy but I might as well make paying off this debt somewhat fun….
I am 26 years old with a career as a commercial lender so I see finances day in and day out. Unfortunately I see all too often people that do not take care of their [...]
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As a fellow DebtKid reader, I’m honored to be joining the DebtKid writing team for a while, and I look forward to joining you all in our journey towards debt freedom. My husband and I are a young family in our late 20s and we have two daughters, ages 10 and 3. We live [...]
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Once poker was kicked it was time to start paying my debts off… or so I thought.
A slow start
The massive debt accumulating mechanism in my life was gone, YEAH! However, my wife’s (and my) credit cards were still adding on more debt, but at a much slower pace. Most of this debt came from the [...]
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Greetings and salutations,
I am one of the recently added bloggers here at debtkid.com. This will be an unusually long post, in two parts, because I have a lot of story to tell. I can promise you brevity (or at least an attempt at it) in my future posts.
You all can call me RD. I am [...]
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Update 6/26: I’ve gotten a dozen or so e-mails about being a new blogger here, so I’m full up at the moment. If there are any opportunities in the future I will announce them again here on the blog, so just subscribe to keep updated. Thanks! I’ll be introducing the new bloggers next week. ~ [...]
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There has been so much talk about money, budgets, credit cards and debt in the past few months many people have become desensitized to the state of the economy. This of course is a normal reaction when one is bombarded with the same news each and every day, however it is important that we not [...]
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Credit card fraud and identity theft have been plaguing consumers for several years. While this problem is not a new one, many experts agree as the recession continues to deepen more people will likely find themselves victims of fraud and theft. As con artists become more brazen and desperate families struggle to make ends meet [...]
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Can’t make your car payment?
Burn it.
No, not the loan statement…..the car.
I read an interesting piece in the wall street journal today about the rise of Insurance Fraud as more and more police are finding burned or abandoned cars in Las Vegas.
Wow.
This is bad. Very bad. If you can’t afford your car anymore…you [...]
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Struggling with debt? Listen to the above interview from my pal Lynnae of Being Frugal with JD Roth of Get Rich Slowly.
I met with JD down in Portland awhile back. He was a super nice guy and his writing is awesome.
Maybe someday I’ll be on a show like this! Today I paid off my past [...]
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The number one reason you can’t get out of debt is because you don’t want it bad enough.
Until getting out of debt is more important than:
That $4 latte
Those new running shoes
Happy hour with your friends
Netflix
you’re going to struggle.
Until you are willing to work 3 part time jobs, it’s not going to happen.
If you [...]
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