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What You Need to Know Before You Refinance Your Home to Pay Off Debts

Consolidating your debt with the equity in your home can be a terrific money-saving strategy. The interest rate may be much lower than you’re paying on your other bills and, if you itemize on your tax return, you can usually deduct the interest you pay – making the effective rate of the loan even more …

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Plastic Power: Smart Strategies for Making the Most of Your Credit Cards

At GetOutOfDebt.org, we help thousands of people with too much debt. So you probably figure we’d think credit cards are terrible, right? Wrong! Credit cards can be a great tool and can even save you money if you’re smart about how you use them. That doesn’t mean charging up a storm on things you can’t …

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What Do you Think of Companies Like Debt Freedom Relief? – Casey

Casey “Dear Steve, I have $42,000 in unsecured credit card debt. Initially taken as low-interest ‘balance transfers’, interest has escalated to ~25% and minimum payments have become unmanageable. What is my best course of action? Debt settlement? What do you think of companies like Debt Freedom Relief? Casey” Dear Casey, I took a quick look …

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