Tag Archives: retirement account
- Gerri Detweiler and I Talk Honestly About Debt
Gerri Detweiler and I talked recently via Skype video about debt for a video blog she did for DebtConsolidationCare.com. Below you will find our discussion which surrounded the issues I brought up in my article The Honest and Unvarnished Truth About How to Get Out of Debt. @GetOutOfDebtGuy
- Hank is on Disability And Wants to Borrow From His Retirement Plan to Pay Off Credit Card Debts
“Dear Steve, I am on disability retirement. My income is about $3,200 monthly. I currently have about $40,000 in credit card debt, excluding a mortgage (which is upside down). I am $1,100 in the hole every month and desperately need help! I have asked my wife to take out a $20,000 loan from her retirement [...]
- Should I Cash in my 401K to Get Out of Debt? – Mona
Mona “Dear Steve, We just finished building our home (we were the contractors). Before we started we had very manageable debt and our credit scores were almost 800. We used a construction to permanent loan(5.5%) and credit cards to build our home. Now that we are finshed we have a $255,000 mortgage and owe $85,000 [...]
- Where to Find Free Cash in an Absolute Emergency
An article in the Wall Street Journal was bolder that I might have been about the realities of the best place to find cash in an emergency. When I read the article I broke out in a huge smile for ear to ear. Amen. People make the same chronic mistakes when they get into a [...]
- Americans losing sleep over financial crisis
Americans losing sleep over financial crisis Reuters - 32 minutes ago Of those, a third said their biggest worry was the cost of living, while another third cited their credit card debt . One in six said their biggest worry was …
- Christine Writes And Asks Me “Should We Liquidate The IRA to Pay Off Debt?”
“Dear Steve, We have about $35,000 in current debt not including a home that is not finished. We have about $120,000 in IRA money. We own $75,000 in real estate free and clear that is for sale but not sold yet. Should we liquidate some of the IRA money to help out our debt? Christine” [...]