Is a Debt Management Plan Right for You?

Managing Debt

Is a Debt Management Plan Right for You?

Is a Debt Management Plan Right for You?

[UPDATE: Some offers mentioned below have expired and/or are no longer available on our site. You can view the current offers from our partners in our credit card marketplace. DISCLOSURE: Cards from our partners are mentioned below.] Are you drowning in credit card debt? Stressed and not sure how you’re going to afford to keep... Read More

Planning Your Dream Trip with Credit Card Awards

Credit Cards

Planning Your Dream Trip with Credit Card Awards

Planning Your Dream Trip with Credit Card Awards

[UPDATE: Offer(s) below is no longer available through our site. Please visit our credit card marketplace for current offers. DISCLOSURE: Cards from our partners are mentioned below.] Banks love to sell their products with the offer of a free flight or even a entire vacation. But so many people have tried to take them up... Read More

Foreclosure Review Deadline Looms: Opt In By Monday, Or Risk Losing Cash

Mortgages

Foreclosure Review Deadline Looms: Opt In By Monday, Or Risk Losing Cash

Foreclosure Review Deadline Looms: Opt In By Monday, Or Risk Losing Cash

If you were in foreclosure in 2009 or 2010, you’ve got until Monday, Dec. 31 to request of independent review of your case. You’ve got nothing to lose except a chance at free money. Pursuant to a settlement between federal bank regulators and 14 mortgage servicers, homeowners in foreclosure in 2009 or 2010 have until Monday... Read More

The Freelancer’s Guide to Building Credit

Credit Score

The Freelancer’s Guide to Building Credit

The Freelancer’s Guide to Building Credit

The 9 to 5 grind is quickly becoming a thing of the past. According to the Freelancer’s Union, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based organization, nearly 42 million Americans have gone rogue, either due to the loss of a full-time job or the desire for a flexible lifestyle. That’s good news for employers who’d rather not pay for... Read More

It’s Not You, It’s Your Credit Score: 7 Ways to Boost it in 2013

Credit 101

It’s Not You, It’s Your Credit Score: 7 Ways to Boost it in 2013

It’s Not You, It’s Your Credit Score: 7 Ways to Boost it in 2013

Newsflash!!! The dating world has been turned upside down yet again — no, not by some new feature on Match.com, eHarmony, or Christian Mingle. But rather by that universal theoretical measuring stick of financial maturity: the credit score. I came upon this fascinating story in the New York Times (though for a moment I thought... Read More

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