Managing Debt
Learn about managing debt, including student debt, credit card debt, home loans, car loans and more.
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How Does Debt Consolidation Work?
January 17, 2025 -
Debt Management Strategies
December 19, 2024 -
How to Raise Your Credit Limit
November 26, 2024 -
What’s the Difference Between Good Debt vs. Bad Debt?
October 29, 2024 -
How Many Credit Cards Should I Have?
October 04, 2024 -
Student Loans 101: What to Know Before Your Kids Borrow
July 23, 2024 -
How to Pay Down Your Student Loans Strategically
May 01, 2024 -
Should You Pay Off Debt or Start Saving? Ask Yourself These Questions
May 01, 2024 -
Want to Get Out of Debt Faster? 4 Things to Ask Your Credit Card Company Right Now
May 01, 2024 -
How and Why to Freeze Your Credit
October 05, 2023 -
What Is Revolving Credit?
September 27, 2023 -
What to Know About Deferring Your Student Loans
September 19, 2023 -
Steps You Can Take to Lower Your Student Loan Payments
June 27, 2023 -
How to Calculate Your Debt-to-Income Ratio
May 22, 2023 -
How to Maintain Good Credit During a Financial Setback
May 15, 2023 -
Student Loan Debt Relief Announced, Payments Remain on Pause—What to Do Next
August 31, 2022 -
Credit Limit Increase
June 24, 2022 -
Should You Pay Off Debt or Build an Emergency Fund First?
May 20, 2022 -
Credit 101: What Are the 5 Factors That Affect Your Credit Score?
January 14, 2022 -
What Are Private Student Loans?
August 25, 2021 -
What Is Residual Interest?
June 30, 2021 -
Am I Responsible for My Parents’ Debt When They Die?
June 15, 2021 -
Should You Refinance Your Federal Student Loans? 3 Questions to Ask
June 02, 2021 -
Good Credit Card Habits to Start Building Now
March 01, 2021 -
How to Manage Debt If You Lost Income During COVID-19
January 27, 2021 -
How These 3 Women Stuck to Their Financial Resolutions
January 15, 2021 -
What to Do After Your Credit Limit Is Lowered
December 16, 2020 -
What to Do When You Miss a Bill Payment
November 23, 2020 -
The Ins and Outs of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Services
October 16, 2020 -
Debt Snowball vs. Debt Avalanche: Pros and Cons of Each Repayment Strategy
September 24, 2020 -
What Is a Personal Loan?
September 02, 2020 -
How to Prioritize Paying Down Debts
August 05, 2020 -
How to Dispute an Error on Your Credit Report
July 27, 2020 -
What to Know About Getting a Loan If You Have Unsteady Income
June 11, 2020 -
7 Basic Financial Tasks to Tackle Right Now
May 18, 2020 -
How the Latest FICO Credit Score Changes Will Affect You
February 07, 2020 -
Your Debt Collection Rights — Here’s What You Should Know
January 15, 2020 -
Is a 7-Year Auto Loan a Good Idea?
December 13, 2019 -
4 Ways to Avoid Holiday Overspending
October 25, 2019 -
7 Questions to Test Your Credit Score Knowledge
October 17, 2019 -
The Difference Between a Credit Score and Credit Report
October 14, 2019 -
Are You Making This Major Student Loan Mistake?
October 04, 2019 -
I Ignored My $140K Student Loan Debt for Years. Here’s How I Took Control
October 04, 2019 -
4 Financial Decisions We Made When My Husband Applied to Med School
June 07, 2019 -
How to Negotiate Your Credit Card Interest Rate
April 19, 2019 -
How Do I Build My Credit?
April 16, 2019 -
How This Couple Paid Off $22K of Credit Card Debt in Less Than 3 Years
January 30, 2019 -
Here’s the True Cost of Debt, and What You Can Do About It
January 16, 2019 -
This Couple Paid Off $65K in Debt With the Help of Side Hustles
November 07, 2018 -
What I Wish I’d Known *Before* I Took Out Student Loans
October 09, 2018 -
Should I Pay Off Student Loans Early or Save for a Home?
September 06, 2018 -
How These Newlyweds Paid Down Six Figures of Debt — in One Year
August 29, 2018 -
How I Paid Down $80K in Debt — Then Celebrated With the Trip of a Lifetime
July 26, 2018 -
How to Avoid These Common Student Loan Mistakes
July 22, 2018 -
What to Do If Your Identity Has Been Stolen
July 03, 2018 -
Here’s Why the Interest Rates on Your Loans May Change
April 24, 2018 -
Why Student Loans Are a Problem for Older Americans, Too
April 16, 2018 -
We Paid Off $10K of Debt in A Year by Taking Small Steps
April 06, 2018 -
What You Need to Know About the New Government Funds for Student Loan Forgiveness
April 04, 2018 -
How to Build Your Credit History From Scratch
April 03, 2018 -
How We Paid Off $70K of Debt — And Bought Our Dream Home
March 30, 2018 -
6 Things You Should Be Doing to Improve Your Digital Security
March 27, 2018 -
My Mom Taught Me the Most Important Things About Money When I Was 10
March 20, 2018 -
This Couple Took Control of Their Finances — And Paid Off $52K in Debt
March 12, 2018 -
This Couple Erased $51K in Debt in Just 2 Years
February 26, 2018 -
How This Single Mom Paid Off $30K of Debt in One Year
February 22, 2018 -
Meet the Couple Who Made a Game of Paying Off $120K of Debt
February 16, 2018 -
Is Your Debt Making You Sick?
February 13, 2018 -
I Kicked My Impulse-Shopping Habit — And Paid Off $35K in Debt
January 30, 2018 -
How One Family Cut Costs and Paid Down $100,000 of Debt
January 18, 2018 -
How to Check My Credit Score
January 11, 2018 -
I Took Side Gigs to Help Pay Off $87,000 of Student Loan Debt
January 11, 2018 -
She Lost Her Job, Then Got Serious About Repaying $52,000 in Debt
January 10, 2018 -
Get Out of Debt in 2018 with 5 Easy Steps
January 09, 2018 -
This Couple Buckled Down to Erase $40,000 of Student Loan Debt in Just 18 Months
January 03, 2018 -
Meet the Couple Who Paid Off $50K in Debt in Less Than 3 Years
December 29, 2017 -
How One Couple Wiped Out $90,000 in Student Loans in Less Than 2 Years
December 28, 2017 -
These Newlyweds Paid Off $78K of Debt in Less Than 2 Years
December 22, 2017 -
How I Paid Off $20K in Debt and Found a New Career
December 21, 2017 -
How Meal Planning Helped Me Pay Down Almost $18K in Debt
December 19, 2017 -
I Paid Off $30K in Student Loans While Traveling the World
December 07, 2017 -
How to Pay Down Your Car Loan Wisely
October 18, 2017 -
Here’s How to Pay Down Your Credit Card Debt (For Good!)
September 28, 2017 -
How to Protect Yourself After the Equifax Data Breach
September 12, 2017 -
Your Credit Score: The 5 Facts You Need to Know
April 06, 2017 -
Trying to Pay Off Credit Card Debt? Then Stop Doing These Things First
March 07, 2017 -
Boost Your Credit Score With These 5 Simple Steps
December 06, 2016 -
What Happened When I Paid Down $112K of Debt Too Fast
November 07, 2016 -
Store Credit Cards: What to Know Before Signing Up
September 29, 2016 -
Why Women Are Slower to Pay Off College Loans
April 07, 2016 -
What Do You Really Need in Your Wallet?
April 04, 2016 -
Should You Pay Off College Loans or Save for Retirement?
August 08, 2015 -
How to Manage Debt in 7 Steps
February 10, 2015
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