Is It OK To Use Credit Cards Sometimes?
A response to a reader who found it necessary to use a credit card to charge funeral expenses for a family member
Are You Afraid to Buy a House?
Does the housing market have you scared?
How Do I Begin To Tithe?
How to tithe when you have never done it before.
Wouldn’t Tithing Less Leave More Room In Your Budget?
Wouldn’t Tithing Less Leave More Room In Your Budget? Abdeli asks: I noticed that you give a sizeable amount in tithes. I am a Christian myself and give regularly but I can’t help but worry that perhaps giving less to the church might make your budget more lenient, say for emergencies and the such. I …
How Can I Get Out From Under A Lease Agreement?
Lou from north Carolina asks: Hi. I am recently living on my own with my two children, 15 & 12. I was married for 23 years and totally blown away when my husband asked for a separation. It was initiated by money problems. I made a big mistake by agreeing to file bankruptcy so my …
Tawra’s Debt Reduction Story, Part 2
Getting out of debt. How Mike and Tawra saved money and paid off their debt.
Breakdown Of Debt Reduction
We have said that we paid off $20,000 debt in 5 years on an average income of $22,000 per year. Here is an accounting of the debt (over and above our regular bills) and the payments that we made to eliminate the debt. If you’d like to know how we paid it off, here is …