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Bills

Is this a “shallow” reason to save $ and pay off my bills early?

June 6, 2010

I’VE JUST ABOUT HAD IT WITH PEOPLE DOUBTING THAT I’D BE A GOOD PARENT, DESPITE ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE MY AGE HAVING KIDS & IT BEING OK FOR THEM. I’M TIRED OF PEOPLE TELLING ME TO “GET AN ABORTION” AS IF IT’S THE ONLY SENSIBLE OPTION DURING THE TIME I HAD A PREGNANCY SCARE. I [...]

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What would you do? Pay bills or pay the Mortgage?

June 3, 2010

Ok, so we have been good people. Rented an apartment in college, bought a home together in 2005, always paid all the bills on time, etc. Since last Nov. its been a downward spiral. My husband lost his job (the main source of income) and I lost mine. I’m working part-time now but unable to [...]

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What’s the deal with medical bills on your credit report?

May 4, 2010

My husband was in a car accident a few years back (before I met him) and he never paid the medical bills (I would have taken care of making payment arrangements, had I been with him at the time). I know he should have made payment arrangements for them but he didn’t and now they [...]

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Due to my own stupidity and carelessness paying bills, I have poor credit. How can I fix it?

May 1, 2010

I pay my bills automatically online. I’ve never intentionally paid a bill late but because I pay them online, I’ve had, up until recently, a tendency not to open my bills, I just file them. As a result, I’ve not realized I had an open balance at times on credit cards and ended up paying [...]

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No bills, no debt and poor credit rating – how do I build my credit rating?

April 14, 2010

Just over two years ago I had a student loan that went into collections due to missing too many consecutive payments. I did settle it with the collection agency about 6 months later. Currently, I now have no credit cards, no loans and no debt and want to start building my credit rating. I am [...]

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