Below are several resources on debt management, credit card help, loan advice, and getting out of debt for good, while maintaining a healthy fico score. If your goal is to get out of debt or decrease your debt, you may find many of these sites beneficial.
I’ve compiled a list of helpful debt resources. I suggest bookmarking this page for future reference.
Debt Post and Articles
Helpful reads on a wide variety of debt reduction topics.
Get out of Debt by reducing monthly expenses – BCS Alliance.
Get out of Debt – Complete Series – FreeMoneyFinance
Eliminate Credit Card Debt – About.com.
9 Ways to Pay Off Your Debt – Fool.com
How to Get A Free Copy of Your Credit Report – Binary Dollar.
Reduce Credit Card Debt – MoneyMatter 101.
Sure Fire Debt Reduction Process – NCN Blog.
Pay Off Your Debt or Invest? – Taking Control Over Money.
Lower Your Debt – Kiplinger.
55 Tips on Reducing your Student Debt – Debt Consolidation Lowdown.
Pay Off Your Debt ASAP – We’re In Debt.
Money 101: Controlling Debt – CNN Money.
Debt Blogs
These are great resources because they provide a constant flow of debt information and focus solely on debt management and reduction.
Blogging Away Debt
Blog Carnivals
Weekly blogging events that feature posts about debt and money management.
Carnival of Debt Reduction
Online Debt Forums
Ask questions and seek out answers from others in an online forum community.
About.com’s Credit/Debit Management Forum
MSN Message Boards – Your Money Forum
Debt Management Centers
Large Resources that provide tons of good information and advice.
Smart Money’s Debt Management Home
About.com’s Credit/Debt Management Tools
Debt Evaluation Calculator and Tools
Debt Consolidation – The Federal Reserve US says consumer debt has risen to a
staggering $876.2 billion. How can Debt Consolidation help you?
Did I miss any?
Update: More Debt Resources have been added to the list.
Thanks for the love! Shazam.
This is a nice blog, thanks for the info, keep on posting relevant issues/topics.
You’ve done a great job in getting your credit cards but like a lot of people, you may find yourself in a bit over your head because life has a way of throwing obstacles in your path and those obstacles generally cost money.
Here is another resource I’d like to share about The Best Ways to Pay off Your Credit Card Debt. Hope you’ll find it and your many readers very useful.
Have a super day!
I think Danielle has brought up a key point:
many people find themselves “in too deep” with credit card debt, and simply panic without creating a plan and implementing it.
Also, paying strictly minimums just delays the debt recovery process.
Start with your smallest balance, pay that off, gain some confidence, and continue stripping away at your debt.
Hi TJP,
I am Sagar from Debt Consolidation Lowdown. I appreciate that you have included our blog to your ultimate debt guide. However, our article “55 Tips on Reducing your Student Debt” is wrongly attributed to Journey to Financial Freedoom. Please rectify the error.
Thanks,
Sagar Satapathy
Manager, BizNicheMedia
Great tips and resources, keep it up!
Tim – Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Here’s how I got out of debt without paying everything I owed. If I can do it you can to it too.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2198191_out-debt-paying-everything-owe.html
This site’s calculators for debt are probably the best online: http://www.nomoredebts.org/calc.shtml