Archives for Debt - Page 9
Get Hitched and Get Out of Debt?
After Zac, the other great love of my life is the New York Times. Like Zac, the New York Times just gets me, and tells me everything I want to…
The Difference between Debt Consolidation and Debt Settlement
"Debt is the worst poverty." -- Thomas Fuller Got Debt? In this day and age, many people have consumer debt and typically this means credit card debt. Peter Berkery at…
Downsizing Student Loans
A friend of mine sat down with me at work to go over her student loan payments, she had been paying without fail and one of the loans hadn't been…
Do You Know Your FICO?
Do you know what your FICO score is? If you don't you're missing knowledge around one of the key elements of how the credit agencies (and others) measure your financial…
Separate but equal?
I met my boyfriend last year and we really hit it off like a house on fire, the whole "love at first sight" thing. I can't get enough of this…
Gay Men and Keeping Up Appearances
Today a guest and a different perspective than what you typically hear from the four lesbians at Queercents: My name is JJ Jordan. I'm a twenty-something gay guy in Houston,…
Raptured from Credit Card Debt
"Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."…
How to Score Big on Credit
So what if my score is 600, 700 or 800, right? As long as you NEVER buy anything on credit, get loans or car insurance; then it probably won't worry…
Baby Steps to a Better Credit Score
Starting Today and sporadically through the next few weeks, I will chronicle the steps I take as I go through my credit report, disputing items and removing others. You are…