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? (…)

October 16, 2005

• The temptation of easy credit

  This is one of those "do as I say, not as I do" type of posts. As I posted earlier, I love having higher lines of credit, especially when I get instant approval for them. (…)

• I owe my soul to the company store

  I'm currently skimming through Money Tree by Catherine Crook de Camp. It was published in 1972, but it has an interesting look at "the future," at least from a 1972 point of view. (…)

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 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. (…)