Tag Archives: money troubles
- Emily Wants to Know “I’m Pregnant And Got My Hours Cut. What Do I Do?”
Emily wrote in to me at GetOutOfDebt.org to ask for help. Here is what she said. “I’m having some money problems. I’m having to struggle on making a payment on time and cause I’m pregant my hours got cut back at McDonald’s. Just trying to pay people back and stay on top with my debt [...]
- Crazy Things to Do When You Can’t Pay The Bills
Living through money troubles, collection calls, delinquent notices and the fear of not being able to pay bills is not only scary but it makes us do some really stupid things. I thought I’d give you a free copy of my book Eliminate Your Debt Like a Pro. It is in a PDF format so [...]
- 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 [...]
- A Pledge And Promise I Work Hard Every Day to Keep: To Be Here For You When You Need Me
Since my financial failure and bankruptcy I have never taken for granted the difficult and painful process of living through and surviving money troubles. I’ve walked in your shoes. I know what it feels like. I’ve felt the pain and shed the tears. I’ve been afraid and I’ve been depressed. And even though a lot [...]
- Debt Counselors of America – What I Learned
In 1994 I decided I would start a non-profit charity to help find good solutions for bad debt problems, all I really knew was that I wanted to help people. Almost every organization at the time was named something with credit counseling in it. I figured that I did not want to counsel people about [...]
- Personal Finance Brain Trust – What Rights Should Debtors Have?
This weeks brain trust question was: Question: Bank of America is proudly telling people about their new loan modification program and how much it will help people. But this program did not materialize until Bank of America was sued by some states over predatory lending. The real world situation is that the majority of lenders [...]
- When In Debt, Think of Others, Kindness Counts
I saw this story below on CNN and for me it typifies the type of kindness and compassion that is needed to help someone you know with money troubles. Sometimes the best thing you can do is just to be a friend. If you know of someone that is struggling with debt problems, do something [...]