Posts Tagged ‘credit card advice

High school graduation is upon you and your child wants to take the next step. College is not cheap these days. The costs continue to rise each year. This fact has some folks asking, should college students pay for their education?

Credit cards are both one of the most ingenious, and at the same time nefarious, inventions of all time. You get these awesome offers in the mail about high credit limits and no interest rates and bonus offers galore ? you can actually buy stuff without paying up front for it! And then you see the fine print ? and realize that yes, it really is too good to be true.

Accumulating the credit card debt seems so easy but get rid of it is so really challenging. With the mounting insecurity in our economy, escaping the credit card debt is much more needed than before. But how do we get started?

One of the most common mistakes, probably the most expensive as well, a creditor can make with their credit cards is habitually paying the minimum amount due each month. Without knowing this, it is unfairly burning you more money long term.