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Holiday Debt Stress: How To Beat It In One Day

By: Howard Dvorkin

Did you put the holidays on plastic? Now you’re in holiday debt. It’s not impossible to climb your way out. Start seeking debt relief options today.

Debt.com Scholarship Winner: My Motivation Is All In My Head

By: Howard Dvorkin

This month’s Debt.com scholarship winner suffered a tumor in her brain as a child. Her hardship is now her motivation to become a physician.

Ally And Matt Owen Are Setting The World On FIRE

By: Howard Dvorkin

Ally and Matt Owen travel around the world teaching people how the used the financial independence retire early method to live out their dreams.

Happy Holidays! You’ve Been Hacked!

By: Howard Dvorkin

Identity theft is a problem year-round. But the holidays make the problem even more severe. Holiday identity theft is a real fear among Americans.

How Technology Can Get You Out Of Debt — Or Bury You Under It

By: Howard Dvorkin

Using technology to help manage your finances can either help or hinder your plans. Automating savings and debt repayment is great.

Why Does Checking Your Credit Score Lower It?

By: Howard Dvorkin

Why does checking your credit score lower it? Here’s the answer: Checking your credit score will never lower your credit. Many people won’t believe me.

Overspending On The Holidays: Even The Experts Fall Victim

By: Howard Dvorkin

Financial experts are great to give advice — especially when speaking from personal experience. Here holiday spending tips from financial experts’ mistakes.

How Tracie Fobes Paid Off $37,000 In Debt

By: Howard Dvorkin

Who’s Tracie Fobes? She’s the founder of website PennyPinchin’ Mom. Check out her advice on how she got out of $37,000 worth of debt.

Debt.com Scholarship Winner Wants To Save Money And Lives

By: Howard Dvorkin

This month’s Debt.com scholarship winner wants to use her earnings to help her work toward a degree in medicine to help people in her home country of Haiti.

“Overbiffing” Isn’t A Typo. It’s A New Crime.

By: Howard Dvorkin

Overbiffing is basically unscrupulous debt collectors tricking people into paying more than they really owe — by lying about the numbers.

There’s Still A Healthcare Crisis, And It’s Still Driving People Into Debt

By: Howard Dvorkin

It’s been over a year since the healthcare crisis made big headlines. It was last September when Congress failed to overturn Obamacare.

Personal Finance Experts Share Their Money Mistakes

By: Howard Dvorkin

Debt.com spoke to other financial experts at FinCon and asked them to recount their worst money mistakes. Here are my five favorites.