http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/27/put-yourself-on-a-debt-diet/ personal finance that makes cents Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:20:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/27/put-yourself-on-a-debt-diet/#comment-4313 Steve Corona’s Blog » Blog Archive » Money Management Bootcamp Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:56:27 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/25/put-yourself-on-a-debt-diet/#comment-4313 [...] My favorite blog, Get Rich Slowly, was recently talking about Oprah’s Debt Diet. I find this interesting and coincidental- I am currently working on a sequence called “Money Management Bootcamp” that covers such topics as budgeting, paying bills, and paying down your debt. This is going to be the part of my website that’s “less blog” and “more content”. I think Oprah’s Debt Diet is a good step in the right direction but my Money Management Bootcamp is going to take it to the next level. I’m currently working on a calculator program that will analyze your debt and show you the best strategy to pay it off quickly. I hope to have the first articles of Money Management Bootcamp on the site in the next few days. [...] [...] My favorite blog, Get Rich Slowly, was recently talking about Oprah’s Debt Diet. I find this interesting and coincidental- I am currently working on a sequence called “Money Management Bootcamp” that covers such topics as budgeting, paying bills, and paying down your debt. This is going to be the part of my website that’s “less blog” and “more content”. I think Oprah’s Debt Diet is a good step in the right direction but my Money Management Bootcamp is going to take it to the next level. I’m currently working on a calculator program that will analyze your debt and show you the best strategy to pay it off quickly. I hope to have the first articles of Money Management Bootcamp on the site in the next few days. [...]

]]> http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/27/put-yourself-on-a-debt-diet/#comment-4312 Elaine Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:36:17 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/25/put-yourself-on-a-debt-diet/#comment-4312 I recently researched ways to improve my FICO score, which is pretty good but not qualifying for the very best interest rates (I'll need a car loan soon). Every article said that moving credit card debt around from card to card lowers your credit score. Isn't this a no-win situation? They say it's better to keep the accounts you have and pay them off . . .but I have high interest rates and not much luck in getting the companies to lower them, and definitely they won't lower them to, say, single-digit rates. Any suggestions? (And thank you -- I love this site.) I recently researched ways to improve my FICO score, which is pretty good but not qualifying for the very best interest rates (I’ll need a car loan soon). Every article said that moving credit card debt around from card to card lowers your credit score. Isn’t this a no-win situation? They say it’s better to keep the accounts you have and pay them off . . .but I have high interest rates and not much luck in getting the companies to lower them, and definitely they won’t lower them to, say, single-digit rates. Any suggestions? (And thank you — I love this site.)

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