Yes, this is the final installment of the “How Do You Get Out of Debt?” series. If you followed all the steps and accomplished everything I’ve written about how to get out of debt in the previous posts in the series, you are now CRUSHING IT!!! No Debt, What’s Next? But once you’ve gotten out […]
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How Do You Get Out of Debt? (Part 5)- 3-6 Month Emergency Fund
Time again to do the debt free dance! If you’ve followed the first four parts of the “How Do You Get Out of Debt?” series, you should now be mad, naked, doing a budget, have a small emergency fund, and working on a Debt Rocket plan. You are putting a smackdown on debt and getting […]
How Do You Get Out of Debt? (Part 6)- Start Building Wealth
“How Do You Get Out of Debt?” Parts 1-5 showed you all about getting mad and naked, doing a budget, building a small emergency fund, putting together and implementing a “Debt Rocket” plan, and then building a large emergency fund. Now you can start building wealth! Once you’ve made it through those steps, you have […]
How Do You Get Out of Debt? (Part 4)- The Debt Rocket
In the first three posts of the “How Do You Get Out of Debt?” series, you learned that to get out of debt you have to get mad, get naked, start a budget, and put together a $1,000 emergency fund. So now that you’ve completed the first few steps, let’s kick it up a notch […]
How Do You Get Out of Debt? (Part 3)- Create a $1,000 Emergency Fund
In my first “How Do You Get Out of Debt?” post, you learned that if you want to completely get out of debt, the first things you have to do are to get mad, get naked, and make a budget. So what do you do next after you find yourself sitting mad and naked at […]
How Do You Get Out of Debt? (Part 2)- Make a Budget
In my first “How Do You Get Out of Debt?” post last week, I told you that there are 5 steps to getting out of debt and winning with money. Today we’ll talk about the first step in the process- how to make a budget. The First Step to Get out of Debt Now that […]
How Do You Get Out of Debt? (Part 1)- Get Mad, Then Get Naked!
“How do I get out of debt?”- It’s a logical question to ask when you’re in over your head financially, and finally decide you want to become debt free. But how do you do it? Well, the first things you have to do are to get mad and naked. You can’t just decide you want […]
Eliminate Debt Forever by Telling Yourself a Different Story
If you want to eliminate debt from your life and take control of your money, then you have to be all about developing good habits and discipline you can maintain long term. You will need to change the way you think. You’ll need to change the way you act with money. It’s imperative to develop […]
How to Get Your Spouse on Board Financially
I often talk to people who want to change their financial path by getting out of debt, but they’re having trouble getting their spouse on board with a plan. They run the gamut from the spouse who doesn’t want to discuss one word about finances period, to the spouse that’s open to the idea of […]
You Don’t Need a Credit Score, Here’s an Alternative
Credit stinks. You don’t need a credit score. Credit wastes your money. You DON’T NEED a credit score Using credit will serve to keep you in perpetual debt. Once again, YOU DON”T NEED A CREDIT SCORE! Guess what? I don’t like credit. If you’ve been a participant here at CFF for very long or taken […]