Tips From Financial Experts
How to Repair a Bad Credit Rating After Paying Credit Card Debt
If you’re debt free thanks to good financial planning (such as debt consolidation), you may now wonder how to repair your credit report. These tips for repairing a bad credit rating are based on a question from a reader who worked with a credit counseling service to pay off her debt…
“Four years ago I turned all [...]
15Mar2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
Can’t Pay the Bills? How to Combine All Debt Into One Monthly Payment
“Debt consolidation” is just a fancy way of saying “combine all your debts into one big debt or monthly payment.” If you can’t pay your bills, consolidating your debt may be the easiest way out from under that stack of credit card bills, medical care costs, mortgage payments, and so on.
“Debt is a serious problem [...]
9Mar2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
How to Lend Your Adult Children Money – 6 Money Tips for Parents
Does your adult child need to borrow money? These six money tips will help parents decide if and how to lend money to grown kids, what to expect in terms of repayment, and how to avoid financial miscommunications and conflict.
”Every parent knows that our care and concern for our children doesn’t stop when they hit adulthood,” [...]
2Mar2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
5 Financial Goals Couples Should Never Set
If you want to achieve your financial goals as a couple, you need to set the right goals for spending and saving money! These tips are from “The Money Couple”, who describe what spouses should not do when they’re thinking about creating wealth for the future.
Before the tips, a quip:
“I have enough money to last me the rest of my [...]
5Jan2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 1 comment | Continued
How to Save More Money – 5 Easy Tips for Creating Wealth
I’ve tried all the following ways to save money, and I know they work because we’ll be debt free and paying off our home mortgage in a couple of months! These tips for creating wealth are easy, effective, and virtually painless – especially when you get into the simple habit of spending less money.
Before the [...]
Christmas Shopping and Saving Money – 7 Last Minute Tips for Couples
Even if it’s at the last minute, it’s not too late to put these Christmas shopping and money tips to work! Here, “The Money Couple” offer seven ways to get your Christmas gift list under control without spending a whole boatload of money. The holiday season doesn’t have to bring heavy credit card bills or financial stress [...]
11Dec2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
Teaching Kids about Money at Christmas – Tips for Parents
The holiday season can be the perfect time to teach kids about money, spending habits, budgeting allowances, and giving within your financial limits. These tips for kids and Christmas spending are from Karyn Hodgens, seasoned parent and creator of KidsSave – a unique kids’ saving program that puts kids in charge of their money.
“The biggest challenge [...]
7Dec2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
How to Spend Less at Christmas – Money Tips for Couples
Spending less money at Christmas is possible with these tips from “The Money Couple” themselves! The holiday season doesn’t have to bring heavy credit card bills or financial stress – that’s no way to start the New Year.
Before their tips, a quip:
“What’s Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a [...]
19Nov2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
8 Financial Tips for the First Time Home Buyer – Credit Reports and Mortgage Loans
If you’re buying a home for the first time, you need these tips about credit reports, home mortgage loans, interest rates, finances and the cost of home ownership. First time home buyers are in an exciting stage of life, but they also have to have their wits about them…
“Home ownership remains a good investment and a big part of [...]
21Oct2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 1 comment | Continued
9 Ways to Achieve Financial Goals for Couples – Save Money at Home
Saving money at home is a great way for couples to achieve financial goals, and these nine money saving tips will help! Whether you want to pay off debt, save money to buy a house, put money towards your kids’ college tuition, or ensure you have enough money for retirement – these money tips work.
Before the tips, a [...]
