Paying off debt can feel overwhelming if you don’t where to start. Here’s how to pay off $10,000 of debt in one year – step by step.

Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps can help you pay off your student loan debt. Here’s his approach to building wealth as well as some thoughts regarding paying off student loans.

Do you ever look at your mounting debt, and simply not know where to start? Are you waiting for some kind of epiphany or kick in the butt to get started? Do you simply feel paralyzed in even taking the first step because you feel like you’ve made too many mistakes already getting to this […]

Many young adults in their early twenties have little or no established credit. Because of this fact, they have very few options for finding housing and buying a car (we’ve talked about this struggle before here). Too many young adults ignore the importance of building credit until it’s too late. At that point, the options to […]

Do you have student loan debt that is so enormous that your salary won’t ever allow you to pay it off in this lifetime? Do you have more student loan debt than you make? If so, take a deep breath, and keep reading. You went to school with aspirations for a better future, and you […]

This blog post is part of the Pay Down My Debt (PDMD) blog tour, sponsored by US Equity Advantage. PDMD is a solution that accelerates debt payoff and helps consumers monitor their credit and make smarter purchasing decisions. If you’re looking to pay off debt find out how they can help. It’s pretty safe to […]

Learn how to pay off debt fast by taking inspiration and motivation from five people who’ve done it in record time.

Note: Debitize has been acquired by Trim. Check out our full Trim review here >> One of the scariest parts of using credit cards is charging more than you can pay off. It starts off innocently enough, you put something on your card and tell yourself you’ll pay the balance the following month. But even with […]

Student loans are an investment in your future.  When you agree to receive a student loan you are making an “investment” in your future self by trading the student loan money for an education and the hope of increased future earning potential. However, as we all know, this perfect scenario does not always play out […]

Most people see debt as an irredeemable drain on your finances. If you search “debt” on the internet, you’ll be bombarded with articles about how to eliminate it, how damaging it is to hold onto and how much of an epidemic it’s become in the United States. Debt is completely evil, right? Not necessarily. Having […]

Success stories are amazing. It’s inspiring to hear how others have been there and done that. When it comes to paying off student loans, it’s nice to know that someone else has been there and actually paid them off.  We all know that student loans can cripple your life. If you don’t take action on them, […]

Before I took action and started paying down my debt, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I was going to get out of debt. I looked at my meager income (at the time) and saw a wide gap between what I earned and what it would take to pay off the loans. […]

While we normally talk about student loans on this blog there’s another huge debt most of you will take on at some point in your life (if you haven’t already.) That debt is a mortgage. Personal finance is very personal. Depending on who you ask paying off a mortgage early could be a great move […]

Want to rid yourself of debt? You need to stop thinking good debt vs. bad debt. Here’s why this one thing can have an enormous impact on your debt paying motivation.

Wanna know the secrets to quickly paying off student loans? In this post four college graduates share exactly what steps they took to do it!

When you first start paying off debt, the most important thing is to have a plan. Without a plan, paying off debt can seem like a daunting task, which will quickly deflate any motivation you have to, you know, actually pay off debt. Having a plan can help you realize that debt is not forever, […]

I’m pretty lucky, I had only amassed about $2,500 in debt before realizing the major repercussions that came along with it. At the time I felt like credit cards were my passage into adulthood. I had no problem applying for credit cards and then maxing them out within a week. At the time paying off […]