January 12, 2007

• How to Read a Credit Report - A Quick Guide

  My wife and I used to be apartment managers. The free rent was great, but one of the things I had to learn how do was read a credit report. (…)

May 27, 2006

• Debt Consolidation: The Dirty Truth

  I compare credit card debt consolidation and other debt consolidation to liposuction. (…)

May 26, 2006

• Get Rid of Your Credit Card Debt…the Easy Way!

  What if you could completely get rid of your credit card debt and eliminate unsecured debt just by writing a few simple letters? (…)

April 27, 2006

• Credit Card Mistakes and Their Cures

  One commenter suggested that personal finance bloggers were smug, and perhaps he was correct. I just discovered that I forgot to pay two of my credit cards, and my smugness disappeared instantly. (…)

March 20, 2006

• Credit card perks

  I must admit that I'm one of those personal finance bloggers who actually advocates the use of credit cards…for those who can handle it. (…)

September 18, 2005

• Selling my future to pay for my presents

  As I write this, I have a mind-boggling amount of credit available to me. (…)

September 17, 2005

• No balance on credit card

  I've been committed, ever since I got my first credit card, to pay off the balance in full each month. (…)

September 8, 2005

• Raise your credit card limit

  I was recently checking my American Express credit card statement online when I saw a link that said "Apply for a credit line increase." I clicked on it and got another page that said I was pre-approved for a credit line increase of $3,000, meaning that my new credit limit would be $6,000. (…)

September 5, 2005

• Credit card wisdom

  For the first 25 years of my life, I was an all cash, no credit, type of guy. Then I got married, went to college, and got credit cards. (…)

• Credit card statements & vigilance

  What a fool I have been! (…)