Tag Archives: 401k loan
- We Make Good Money But What’s The Best Way to Get Rid of Our Debt? – Carol
“Dear Damon, My husband and I have faced a significant and unfortunate legal situation over the last three years that not only had us feeling totally wronged but has messed up our finances in a big way. Because all of our money aside from housing and food was paying attorneys, we put a lot more [...]
- 401(k) Loans Rising to Make Ends Meet. Spells Big Future Trouble for Consumers.
The bad news is out, more people are raiding their 401(k)s for cash to address current financial needs. While the ability to reach into a 401(k) might be perceived as a good thing, after all isn’t it our own money, it’s not. When you steal from your 401(k) you are really taking money from your [...]
- Boyfriend Cheats Me Out Of Money To Feed His Debt Habit
I’d like to follow up with my previous article, How Do You Value Your Quality of Life? Debt Solutions to Fix The Future In this article I showcased a friend of mine, Michael. I should point out that Michael was much more than a friend to me, we had been in a very serious relationship [...]
- How Do You Value Your Quality of Life? Debt Solutions to Fix The Future
Debt doesn’t just affect the people actually in debt, it often affects the ones around them, near and dear to them. I know this from first hand experience as someone who has loved and lived with someone so deep in debt they could not see a way out. Not only is the emotional toll hard [...]
- I Am Current on My Bills But Have Really Nothing Left. – Sheilah
Sheilah wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]
- I Borrowed From My 401K to Pay Debt and It Made Things Worse. – Anita
Anita wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]
- I’m Divorced and Can’t Dig Myself Out of Debt. – Rich
“Dear Steve, Divorced last summer. Split credit card debt. No assets besides my vehicle, and I rent an apt so don’t have any home equity to work with. Now have $32000 in CC debt, highest rate is 7.9%, total $751 in monthly payments. Also have $23000 401k Loan at 4.5% (takes 215 out of check [...]
- Is There Any Hope For Me to Get Out of Debt? – Kenneth
Kenneth wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]
- I Am a 53 Year Old Pilot With a Side Small Business in a Lot of Debt. – Rich
“Dear Steve, I’m a 53 year old pilot making 85K/ yr. I also own a small business that I invested heavily in hoping to start reaping profits by now. Instead, I’m now in debt for about 40K in outstanding business expenses with about additional 25K in credit card debt and 18K unsecured loan. I loaned [...]
- I Saw You Sugegsted LendingClub to Someone. Should I Try That? – Renee
“Dear Steve, I am a divorced single mom of 2 pre-teens, work full-time, I am a homeowner and I have no savings. My problem is this: After paying for the mortgage, utilities, insurance and bills, I have very little left to live on. This has resulted in my using credit cards as a “back up” [...]
- How Can I Convince Creditors to Work With Us Rather Than Force Us Into Bankruptcy? – Penny
“Dear Steve, My husband was injured in car crash 8.5 years ago, injury caused him to find work out of town (2 hours away), settlement went toward replacement vehicle. while fuel prices were so high we made ends meet by using credit cards, we are working at getting things paid off, but late payment fees, [...]
- Should I Payoff My Credit Cards With a HELOC or a 401(k) Loan? – David
“Dear Steve, I have 2 high interest credit cards I want to eliminate quickly.I am considering obtaining a HELOC at 4.25% vs borrowing from one of my 401-k and repaying it at 6.25%. Do you have advice on which should be the preferred solution or do you have a better idea? David” The Answer: [...]
- My Unemployment Only Covers My Rent and Gas. Should I Drain my 401K? – Michelle
Michelle wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]