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Chapter 2 – What Your Money is Trying to Tell You

TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 – I Got Hit in the Head With a Baseball and I Saw it Coming Chapter 2 – What Your Money is Trying to Tell You Chapter 3 – Take a Lap on the Gerbil Wheel of Debt Chapter 4 – Why Money Doesn’t Make You Happy Chapter 5 – [...]

This is a Scary Time in My Life. I’m Worried About Filing Bankruptcy. – Karina

“Dear Steve, This is a scary time in my life. I am self-employed. I am 57 years old, single, and live alone in an apartment in San Francisco. Following my divorce three years ago, after 18 years of marriage, I found myself in the position of not being able to pay monthly expenses on my [...]

44 Lessons in Life for Debtors

Here is an excellent video that was sent to me by a friend which contains 44 perfect life lessons for debtors. The video helps to put what really matter into perspective and to refocus us to realize that while debt is painful and immediate there are still joys and opportunities around for us to still [...]

I am a Debt Collector and Now I’m in Big Trouble With Debt Myself. – Brent

“Dear Steve, I 42 years old, my wife and I have been married 11 years and have two boys ages 9 an 5. I have had a good career in the collections business over the years, so finding myself in this situation is extremely difficult. Not only are we in debt, but it seems the [...]

I Am In Constant Anxiety About Our Debt. – Amy

“Dear Steve, I am married with 2 young children under the age of 5. My husband has been out of work since the Fall. He is under a non-compete which makes it difficult for him to find work in his field until November 2010, at which time the non-compete expires. I include this info because [...]

I’ve Never Been in Debt Like This. I Don’t Know What to Do. – Brad

“Dear Steve, I have credit card debt about 25.000 I have no employment and I ,am taped out. I have never missed a payment or been late or had a charge off in almost 20 years . I have not had any calls yet but these payments are due now. What should i do. Where [...]

We Have Enough Cash to Make it Four More Months. – Laura

“Dear Steve, My husband was downsized from his company and due to previous bouts of unemployment we had to make house payments w/credit cards and amassed major debt and did not get that paid off prior to him losing this position. We have enough cash to make it for another 4 months and then we [...]

Robert Says “Please help. I never knew financial burdens can cause so much stress.”

Robert 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 So Far in Debt I Don’t Know What to Do – Gloria

Gloria 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 Can’t Sleep. I’m So Stressed About My Debt.

I don’t know why but tonight after two hours of sleep, I was wide awake. My solution was to head up to the guest room and watch some television in hopes I would fall back to sleep. No such luck. As I laid there watching the overnight infomercials on the little television I could not [...]

Will Banks in Dubai, Hunt Me Down in Canada? – Kent

Kent 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 [...]

Shellie Had Cancer And Is Now Slowly Dying From Terminal Debt

Shellie 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 [...]

What to Do if Your Creditors And Bill Collectors Make You Really Angry

I’ve heard more people issue swear words and threats against creditors and debt collectors than you can imagine. Having the pressure increase when you are in debt makes good people say and do silly and regrettable things. Many feel those normal emotions but feeling like you are going to explode or wanting to kill the [...]

Holly Writes In “I’ve Kept This Secret From Him For a Long Time.”

Holly wrote in and asked her question through the GetOutofDebt.org site. You can too. “Hey there, I have been with my boyfriend awhile now, and we’ve just started to talk about purchasing a house and getting a joint credit card. We’ve never discussed finances further than how much money we make per year. I have [...]