Download or read book Put Your Debt on a Diet written by Stanley J. Kershman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You could be just two paycheques away from bankruptcy! More people are up to their eyeballs in debt than ever before. Canadian families currently owe over $450 billion. That’s almost $15,000 in debt for every man, woman, and child in the country. It's mortgages, vehicles, credit cards, student loans, and more ... and it's dangerous. The number of consumer bankruptcies has been rising dramatically every year, and Canadians from all walks of life are in dire financial straits — from the working poor to the highest-income professionals. No one is immune from crushing debt, and it will just get worse if we don't take control now. Effectively managing your debt is one of the first—and most important — steps toward your financial health. Put Your Debt on a Diet takes the mystery and fear out of the process of overcoming even the most severe financial problems. Shows you how to effectively reduce and eliminate debt using realistic and down-to-earth techniques. Provides a clear process and achievable milestones that you and your family can use to improve money management skills and resolve debt problems. Includes comprehensive coverage on: assessing your debts, building better money habits, setting financial goals, budgeting strategies, credit counselling, debt reduction strategies, using credit cards wisely, how to shop for credit, and much more. Features practical examples, tips, frequently-asked-questions, worksheets, and checklists to help you reduce your debt load. Whether you're in financial crisis, or just living too close to the edge, Put Your Debt on a Diet is the ultimate reducing plan to help you trim your debt load and put you on the road to good financial health.
Download or read book The 21 Day Financial Fast written by Michelle Singletary and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're living paycheck to paycheck or just trying to make smarter financial choices, let award-winning writer and Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary show you the practical steps you need to take for the financial peace you long for. In The 21-Day Financial Fast, Michelle proposes a field-tested financial challenge: for twenty-one days, put away your credit cards and buy only the barest essentials. What happens next will forever change the way you think about wealth. With Michelle's guidance, you'll discover how to: Break bad spending habits Plot a course to become debt-free with the Debt Dash Plan Avoid the temptation of overspending for college Learn how to prepare elderly relatives and yourself for future long-term care expenses Be prepared for any contingency with a Life Happens Fund Stop worrying about money and find the priceless power of financial peace Join the thousands of others who have already discovered practical ways to achieve financial freedom and experience what it truly means to live a life of financial peace and prosperity.
Download or read book The Financial Diet written by Chelsea Fagan and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to personal finance that will help teach budgeting skills, stocking a budget-friendly kitchen, talking to friends about money, investing, and more.
Download or read book Managing Debt For Dummies written by John Ventura and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’re trying to kick the “Buy Now/Pay Later” habit and get your spiraling debt under control, you need Managing Debt For Dummies now! This practical, commonsense guide provides straightforward strategies for coping with every kind of secured and unsecured debt, including, personal loans, car loans, mortgages, home equity loans, lines of credit, credit cards, finance company loans, and student loans. You’ll find out how easy it is to: Distinguish between good and bad debt Go on a “debt diet” to get back into financial shape Start a filing system to track debt and protect life after debt Adopt a smart spending regimen Increase your income Consolidate your debt Decide which bills to pay when you can’t pay them all Use credit cards responsibly You can still live well while slashing spending on groceries, clothing, and entertainment. Find out how in Managing Debt for Dummies.
Download or read book Debt Free Diet written by Chris Brown and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Debt Free Diet is a proven system that will help you get rid of your debt quickly and forever, without sacrificing the things you love. Even if your credit cards are maxed, you can be debt free in about 5 to eight years?including your mortgage! What is even better is that you can accomplish all of this using the money you already make. The Debt Free Diet is the tool that will finally set you free. Bottom line-- this program works! If you are tired of giving your hard earned money away to somebody else now is the time to make a change. You have the power to change your future. The Debt Free Diet will make it possible for you to make that change. The Debt Free Diet is not a consolidation loan. It is a proven system that works. If you want to get out of debt and start building true wealth than this is the book for you.
Download or read book How to Get Out of Debt Stay Out of Debt and Live Prosperously written by Jerrold Mundis and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple, proven-effective formula for freeing yourself from debt—and staying that way • Revised and updated, with a new Preface by the author “A must read for anyone wanting to get their head above water.”—The Wall Street Journal THE CLASSIC GUIDE, REVISED WITH UP-TO-THE-MINUTE INFORMATION OUT OF THE RED • Do this month’s bills pile up before you’ve paid last month’s? • Do you regularly receive past-due notices? • Do you get letters threatening legal action if immediate payment is not made? • Do the total amounts of your revolving charge accounts keep rising? INTO THE BLACK Whether you are currently in debt or fear you’re falling into debt, you are not alone. Sixty million Americans—from doctors to secretaries, from executives to the unemployed—face the same problem and live under the same daily stress. Based on the proven techniques of the national Debtors Anonymous program, here is the first complete, step-by-step guide to getting out of debt once and for all. You’ll learn • how to recognize the warning signs of serious debt • how to negotiate with angry creditors, collection agencies, and the IRS • how to design a realistic and painless payback schedule • how to identify your spending blind spots • how to cope with the anxiety and daily pressures of owing money • plus the three cardinal rules for staying out of debt forever, and much more! This book is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Debtors Anonymous. A recovered debtor, the author is intimately familiar with the success of the Debtors Anonymous program.
Download or read book The Smart Easy Guide to Debt Relief written by Darryl Johnson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, more people than ever before are struggling to stay financially afloat. Our debt loads are higher than they've ever been, coming at a time when wages seem to be stagnating and the price of everything seems to keep going up. Being in debt can put immense pressure and stress on a family and for many, it can feel like there is no proverbial light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to getting out of debt. However, with The Smart & Easy Guide To Debt Relief: How to Live Debt Free with These Credit Score Repair Tips, Debt Repair Advice, Debt Settlement Management & Credit Counseling Help, we are provided a down-to-earth and realistic guide for how to regain control of our finances and begin to dig our way out of debt. It is entirely possible, with the right information and a good plan, to work down your debt and become debt free in a relatively short period of time. The guide discusses that the first step to becoming debt free is to take a holistic and clear assessment on all of your debts. This means creating a list of all your debts, who they are owed to and the terms of the debt such as interest rate and so on. You cannot come up with a plan of action until you know what all you are facing. This is also the time to obtain a credit report. You can obtain your credit report from the following agencies: Experian Equifax TransUnion Once you have your credit report, go through it thoroughly to ensure that everything on it is accurate. If something is inaccurate, you will need to contact the appropriate agency to get the issue fixed. After you have all your debts laid out, you need to get an idea of how much money you have and where it goes and use this to create a budget. The guide recommends creating a detailed spreadsheet of your spending to include even small expenses such as: Eating out budget Entertainment budget Magazines or other incidentals These should be tracked in addition to the big expenses like the mortgage and bills. When you begin to write all this down, you can already often see areas in which you can reduce or improve your spending habits. The savings that can be gleaned here can be put towards reducing and eliminating your debt. To create a budget for repaying your debts, you need to be realistic about what you can do. Take into account your earnings, vital expenses and any areas in which you could reduce expenses so as to put the savings towards debt repayment. You can use this figure to determine the amount of time it should feasibly take you to get out of debt. Once you have all this information, you can put a time-specific budget together that defines exactly how and when you are going to repay your debt. The guide recommends focusing on the debts with the least favorable terms (high interest rates, late payment fees, etc) first, as this will cost less money in the long run. For those with very serious debts or complicated debts, credit counseling our debt settlement may be a good option. The guide discusses what these options mean and who they are best suited for. Debt creates a huge strain and tons of stress on families and today, more than ever before, more and more families are finding themselves mired in debt they feel they have no hope of managing. With The Smart & Easy Guide To Debt Relief: How to Live Debt Free with These Credit Score Repair Tips, Debt Repair Advice, Debt Settlement Management & Credit Counseling Help, we are given the tools we need to take stock of our financial situation. Once we have done this, the guide shows us how to create a reasonable and realistic budget and plan of action that will culminate in the elimination of our debts and allow us the joys of being debt free. Grab your copy today of The Smart & Easy Guide To Debt Relief: How to Live Debt Free with These Credit Score Repair Tips, Debt Repair Advice, Debt Settlement Management & Credit Counseling Help!
Download or read book Trash Your Debt written by Arnold Fredrick and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The average American carries more than $8,000 in credit card debt. If you live paycheck to paycheck, spend more than you make, are behind on your credit card payments, and suffer from too much financial stress, you're not alone. And you're not doomed. Trash Your Debt will show you how to create a better and more secure financial future for you and your family. Author Arnold Fredrick knows what it's like to struggle with money problems and feel overwhelmed by debt. He also knows you can successfully free yourself from the burden of debt just like he has. In this motivating, step-by-step guide, he shares his proven methods, tips, and tricks for: Eliminating debt Managing credit card spending Slashing unnecessary expenses Sticking to a tight budget Paying yourself before the bills Trading up your job Procrastinating when it comes to spending money Fredrick offers insights, reassuring guidance, and methodical processes for whittling down debt, setting realistic goals, and committing to a solid saving plan. Hands-on worksheets help you determine your current financial status, design a monthly budget, and compare credit card interest rates and balances. If you're feeling panicky about your financial future, let Trash Your Debt stop you from spending more than you make and teach you how to save more than you take.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Getting Out of Debt written by Ken Clark, CFP and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-02-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul? The American economy is dragging, with unemployment rates rising and consumer debt hitting $2.5 trillion. Many people are in deep and need help. Here, a Certified Financial Planner explains the mathematics of debt; strategies to deal with credit card, mortgage, student, and other loans; why debt consolidation and taking loans from a 401(k) can lead to problems; truths about bankruptcy; and how to use debt while eliminating it. • Includes essential resources and websites, sample letters and forms, loan forgiveness programs, bankruptcy resources • Author a Certified Financial Planner • Covers every kind of debt, mortgages to credit cards to student loans • National credit card debt is growing exponentially
Download or read book The Credit Diet written by John Fuhrman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-12-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You’ll treasure the practical insights and the useful tips in this book. You’ll think differently, act smarter, and increase your wealth by learning John Furhman’s ideas." –Nido R. Qubein Chairman, Great Harvest Bread Co. Founder, National Speakers Association Foundation It’s no big surprise that each year thousands of people fall into debt. What is shocking is that many of us accept the fact that we could be in debt for the rest of our lives. John Fuhrman should know because he has been there, but he decided to put a plan together that would eliminate debt from his life for good. In The Credit Diet: How to Shed Unwanted Debt and Achieve Fiscal Fitness, award-winning speaker and bestselling author John Fuhrman uses his personal life experience of overcoming debt to provide you with a practical and easy-to-follow road map that will help you to rise above your current financial situation and take the necessary action to remove debt from your life.
Download or read book Dear Debt written by Melanie Lockert and published by Coventry House Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her debut book Dear Debt, personal finance expert Melanie Lockert combines her endearing and humorous personal narrative with practical tools to help readers overcome the crippling effects of debt. Drawing from her personal experience of paying off eighty thousand dollars of student loan debt, Melanie provides a wealth of money-saving tips to help her community of debt fighters navigate the repayment process, increase current income, and ultimately become debt-free. By breaking down complex financial concepts into clear, manageable tools and step-by-step processes, Melanie has provided a venerable guide to overcoming debt fatigue and obtaining financial freedom. Inside Dear Debt you will learn to: • Find the debt repayment strategy most effective for your needs • Avoid spending temptations by knowing your triggers • Replace expensive habits with cheaper alternatives • Become a frugal friend without being rude • Start a side hustle to boost your current income • Negotiate your salary to maximize value • Develop a financial plan for life after debt
Download or read book Shoo Jimmy Choo written by Catey Hill and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remember when Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw faced the brutal realization that she couldn’t buy her apartment because she’d already spent her money on a closet full of Manolos? Well, if Carrie had met Catey first, she’d own her co-op and be on her way to a comfortable retirement! Catey Hill is the online money expert for the Daily News Web site—and author of this humorous, practical “girlfriends guide” to personal finance for 20- and 30-something females. (The ones with the designer shoes…and maxed-out credit cards.) With a hip, “I’ve been there” voice along with worksheets and exercises, she helps women evaluate why they spend, get out of debt, and create a savings and retirement plan that even allows for the occasional splurge. Among the topics she covers: student loans, car payments, investing, saving for a home, and more.
Download or read book A Wealth of Common Sense written by Ben Carlson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple guide to a smarter strategy for the individual investor A Wealth of Common Sense sheds a refreshing light on investing, and shows you how a simplicity-based framework can lead to better investment decisions. The financial market is a complex system, but that doesn't mean it requires a complex strategy; in fact, this false premise is the driving force behind many investors' market "mistakes." Information is important, but understanding and perspective are the keys to better decision-making. This book describes the proper way to view the markets and your portfolio, and show you the simple strategies that make investing more profitable, less confusing, and less time-consuming. Without the burden of short-term performance benchmarks, individual investors have the advantage of focusing on the long view, and the freedom to construct the kind of portfolio that will serve their investment goals best. This book proves how complex strategies essentially waste these advantages, and provides an alternative game plan for those ready to simplify. Complexity is often used as a mechanism for talking investors into unnecessary purchases, when all most need is a deeper understanding of conventional options. This book explains which issues you actually should pay attention to, and which ones are simply used for an illusion of intelligence and control. Keep up with—or beat—professional money managers Exploit stock market volatility to your utmost advantage Learn where advisors and consultants fit into smart strategy Build a portfolio that makes sense for your particular situation You don't have to outsmart the market if you can simply outperform it. Cut through the confusion and noise and focus on what actually matters. A Wealth of Common Sense clears the air, and gives you the insight you need to become a smarter, more successful investor.
Download or read book Girl Get Your Credit Straight written by Glinda Bridgforth and published by Currency. This book was released on 2008-01-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is “retail therapy” your favorite pastime—even though you really can’t afford it? Do you ignore the balance on your credit card statements, vowing to pay them off at some point down the line? Is your debt preventing you from living your dreams—like buying a home or starting a family? If so, girl, it’s time to get your credit straight!These days, with easy access to multiple credit cards and glossy advertisements that entice us to spend at every turn, it’s all too easy to start racking up debt—and even little slip-ups can lead to real damage over time. In this highly practical follow-up to her bestsellers Girl, Get Your Money Straight! and Girl, Make Your Money Grow!, financial expert Glinda Bridgforth delivers a power-packed plan for paying down debt, repairing your credit score, and securing your financial freedom—along with a future that makes your heart sing.Beginning with simple, engaging exercises to help you assess your spending habits and get clear about what you owe, Girl, Get Your Credit Straight! presents a detailed road map for eliminating debt, one step at a time. You will learn how to: • Devise a system for tracking expenditures, anticipating end-of-month shortfalls, and paying bills on time, every time• Find ways to supplement your income• Consolidate loans to pay off debt faster, decrease stress, and save time and money• Negotiate with your creditors to come up with a payment plan that works for you• Discover the best loans to use for refinancing debt or making major new purchases• Understand how credit bureaus work--and take steps to improve your scoreFilled with Bridgforth’s warmhearted wisdom and advice, and complete with worksheets, affirmations, and inspiring stories of African American women who’ve restored their credit and built new wealth, Girl, Get Your Credit Straight! is a fresh, empowering guide for any woman who wants to say goodbye to debt—for good.
Download or read book Personal Finance Desk Reference written by Ken Little and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One-stop shopping for all things financial. Personal finances are becoming more and more complex, and this is the only comprehensive reference book on this sprawling subject. Beginning with the basics of financial planning (budgeting, interest, banking, insurance, and debt), this helpful guide goes on to cover everything people need to know about handling just about every aspect of their financial world, including investing, taxes, retirement, estate planning, and more.
Download or read book The Big Bucks written by Elizabeth Patton and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year approximately 460,000 people under the age of 35 years old declare bankruptcy. In the last decade, loan debt has risen 142% for college students.1 The Big Bucks will explain in clear, conversational language the basics of money management-from credit cards to checking accounts to leases on cars. This is the info students need to know as they head off to college. It's the perfect graduation gift for any student in your church or school!
Download or read book The Debt Escape Plan written by Beverly Harzog and published by Career Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Harzog decided she wanted to break free from debt, she found that conventional advice about personal finance didn't work for her. Now she shares her unique debt escape plan, and shows you how to use it as the basis for your own customized debt escape plan.
