“Dear Steve, I applied at LendingClub.com and at Prosper.com for a loan to consolidate my debt. I was declined at both. I have been trying to find a solution to consolidate my debt and eventually eliminate it. No places simply want to provide a loan. My credit score is good (690 ish). What other steps should I take to consolidate ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, In debt to my eyeballs, starting with under-employment and day care for three kids, including infant twins, 10 years ago. Paid cash for day care and put everything else on credit particularly when husband was unemployed. Snowballed from there. Now have a loan from credit union (less than $10,000), two massive credit card balances(roughly $12,000 each) and other ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, We own our home, have kept all of our monthly bills up to date and have not defaulted on anything, (maybe a little late but always paid) I have a mortgage, home equity, personal loan a student loan, a auto loan and 2 high credit card bills. We are pretty much at a point where we cannot keep ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, I have two lines of credit and one credit card and my husband has an ATV loan all totalling approx. $32000.00. The two line APY’s are great but the credit card APY is outragious and the ATV APY could be better. Is there a way that we could consolidate these four debts into one loan with one reasonable ... Read More »

I have written a lot about Lending Club (click here) as a place to go for a legitimate debt consolidation loan. And I wanted to show you how much I believe in this peer-to-peer lending network by putting my money where my mouth is. If you apply for a debt consolidation loan by clicking on this LendingClub.com link from the ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, Citibank MasterCard increased my interest rate to 19.99% from 14.99% in the summer. I have a balance of $6,000 now. I have always tried to pay twice the amt due. Since my rate increase my debt is increasing. I have paid $1200 in the past 6 months and have not seen a significant decrease in the balance. They ... Read More »

Well it’s official, LendingClub.com has lost their mind. LOL. They picked me as one of the top five best “DebtBuster” bloggers to share these free gifts with if you want to take the DebtBuster Challenge to get out of debt. Actually, I am very flattered. And you know how I’m all about getting out of debt! So here’s the deal ... Read More »

I’ve written in the past about LendingClub.com. They are a peer-to-peer lending network where people just like you and me lend money to others and cut the banks out all together. I had $375 that was available in my account to invest so I just logged in and reinvested it. Since I was last on the LendingClub.com site they’ve made ... Read More »

I’m old enough now to learn that I should never say never about anything. There was a time that I was very anti peer-to-peer lending and thought there were no longer any opportunities for people to get unsecured debt consolidation loans. My initial uncertainty and hesitancy about this form of lending was supported by what I observed in the early ... Read More »

Scott “Dear Steve, I make good income (130,000.00/yr) but have three kids and several credit cards from before my pay went up. we have approx 40,000 in debt and the payment are starting to get more difficult. We are still making all of our payments How can I consulidate all this debt to one payment and pay off quicker? Scott” ... Read More »