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Recently I had lunch with a friend who makes six figures per year.  Here in the Midwest that is a fabulous salary.  He has a comfortable desk job that is inside a nice, air-conditioned building.   He and his wife drive new cars and he has an in-ground swimming pool.  He must love [...]

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So you’ve gotten yourself into a jam. This credit card was to cover that unexpected car repair. That credit card was to pay for Christmas. Oh and this credit card….well you’ve had a balance on it for eons so it doesn’t count. Now, you see (or hear) a commercial for that [...]

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As mentioned in Living Without Credit Cards my wife and I are currently not in agreement yet about canceling all of our credit cards. Recently, she opened up a Macy’s department store card for the initial 10% off her first purchase. We used to do this so often in the 90s when we [...]

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Recently my wife and I became 100% debt-free except for the mortgage. Not only have we paid all off all our non-mortgage debt, but we’re moving in the direction of closing all credit card accounts. I’m on board with this idea, but my wife is not. I understand this could be [...]

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How often have you heard someone talking about their credit score? Often that person is applying for a mortgage and is concerned about the score. The Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) invented the best known and most widely used credit score model in the United States. Wikipedia expands on the FICO score [...]

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