Tag Archives: barely getting by

I’m Just Recently Married and I’m Getting Letters About Old Debts. I’m Barely Getting By. – Jennifer

“Dear Steve, I went through a traumatizing divorce and got a lump sum with which I paid down all the credit cards. I had to live on them for a while. I have 2 small kids that are sick alot and one is ADD/ Dyslexic so I am not able to work a full time [...]

Barely Getting By… What Do I Do? Jennifer

“Dear Steve, I went through a traumatizing divorce and got a lump sum with which I paid down all the credit cards. I had to live on them for a while. I have 2 small kids that are sick alot and one is ADD/ Dyslexic so I am not able to work a full time [...]

We Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck But Don’t Want to Hurt Our Score to Get Out of Debt. – Lori

“Dear Steve, My husband and I are in over 65k in credit card debt. We make the minimum payments every month on all our cards. We are in good standing with all of them, but we live paycheck to paycheck and we have no savings. We also don’t want to hurt our credit score. I [...]

We Are $40,000 in Credit Card Debt and Make Only the Monthly Minimum Payment. – Rachel

“Dear Steve, My husband and I are currently about 40,000 in debt. This is not including our mortgage or car payment only credit cards, ect. We only make the monthly minimum payments each month but all of the cards/loans have different interest rates so our payment range from 20 – 362 a month. We are [...]