Would You Like to Have Zero Debt?
Eight out of 10 Americans owe some form of debt. So there’s a good chance that you, or someone you know, would like to become debt free. From excessive credit card bills and mounting student loans to hefty car payments and big mortgages, debt can be crippling – and not just financially.
Debt takes a toll on you in many ways. It hurts your ability to save, invest and create a better life. It impacts your physical, mental and emotional health. Too much debt even spoils relationships, leading to arguments about money and divorce.
Whether you recently got into debt due to circumstances beyond your control, or your own poor choices have kept you in debt for as long as you can remember, know this: Debt does not have to remain a way of life. Regardless of your situation, you can get on the road to financial freedom – and you can do it yourself in the next 30 days!
If you want to dig yourself out of debt once and for all, you need an action plan. This book is your step-by-step, 30-day plan to jumpstart your finances. It’s simple. It’s easy to understand. And it works.
Zero Debt teaches you the exact strategies the author used to pay off $100,000 worth of credit card bills in just three years – without ever missing a single payment. If she can do it, so can you!
In this revised and completely updated version of Zero Debt, you’ll discover:
The best ways to pay off credit card debts (spoiler: it’s not what 99% of experts tell you) How to eliminate your student loans and reduce auto loans Spending and budgeting tips anyone can use – even shopaholics Insider secrets to negotiating with credit card companies and fixing your credit Your legal rights – and what bill collectors can and can not do under the law Recommendations for reputable debt management firms and credit counselors How to shore up your overall finances so you never go back into debt again
Wouldn’t you like to be free from financial worries? Don’t you want to rest at night knowing your bills are paid? You can have peace of mind when it comes to money matters. It all starts by eliminating excessive debt, and using time-tested strategies to save your hard-earned cash.
If you have debts you are Not Alone! According to data taken from The US Census, The Aggregate Revolving Consumer Debt Survey and The Survey of Consumer Finances, 160,000,000 Americans possess credit cards, which is just over half the population of America! More amazingly still, the average credit card debt of $7,219 per household in 2010! So, if you are feeling pinned down by credit card debt, you are certainly not alone! The average indebted American is now poorer than their 1980 counterparts! And this isn’t just an American problem; rather it’s a global problem! Since the end of world war two there has been a consistent push on behalf of the financial sector to push loan facilities, credit cards and all sort of other debts down our throats. We have become a debt based society and even though the 2008 financial meltdown demonstrated the flaws in this system, mouthing really changes as the world economy is based upon debt. While there isn’t much that any of us can individually do for the world economy we can step back and take back control of our finances. In much way the financial reality is like a fence and people are on one side or the other. On one side are the indebted and on the other side are the financially free. While many people repay their debts, within a short space of time they find themselves back in debt all over again. in this book you will be thought not only how to repay your debts but also you shall be thought how to become financially free, for the only way to guarantor your long-term financial wellbeing is to move from debt to wealth and it can be done. We are not talking about get rich quick schemes here; rather we are talking about sensible strategic action, regardless of income, which over time will radically change your financial reality from debtor to investor and from poor to well off! In this book you will learn about: * The five keys to financial freedom * Debt reduction programs * Debt settlement programs * Bankruptcy * Budgeting * Financial planning * How to maintain a budgeting diary * Medium to long -term goal setting * The mind-set reburied to shift from debtor to investor! In this comprehensive book you shall be shown with step by step and practical instructions how to turn your financial situation around. There are no gimmicks, but rather it takes a clear assessment of your financial reality combined with strategic action to turn things around, but it can be done and can be done effectively even if you are an ordinary person earning an ordinary wage! Take the jump today, forget about what everyone else is doing and start to take responsibility of your financial wellbeing back into your own hands!
In this core Financial Peace University lesson, Dave shows you how to become debt free as he walks you through the necessary steps and details of dumping debt with the Debt Snowball method.
The success stories speak for themselves in this book from money maestro Dave Ramsey. Instead of promising the normal dose of quick fixes, Ramsey offers a bold, no-nonsense approach to money matters, providing not only the how-to but also a grounded and uplifting hope for getting out of debt and achieving total financial health.
Ramsey debunks the many myths of money (exposing the dangers of cash advance, rent-to-own, debt consolidation) and attacks the illusions and downright deceptions of the American dream, which encourages nothing but overspending and massive amounts of debt. “Don’t even consider keeping up with the Joneses,” Ramsey declares in his typically candid style. “They’re broke!”
The Total Money Makeover isn’t theory. It works every single time. It works because it is simple. It works because it gets to the heart of the money problems: you.
What grade would you give your parents for how well they prepared you to manage your finances? What grade will your kids give you someday? At best you have 18 years to teach your kids how to manage money skillfully. So how do you accomplish this overwhelming challenge? Don’t panic! Everything you need to get the job done is right here in this book. Think it’s too late to debt-proof your kids? It’s only too late if you don’t start NOW!
In the early 1990s we experienced a recession not quite as bad as the great recession of 2012 but painful for many nonetheless. Back then I did live radio five nights a week on this one subject (credit repair) broadcast out of Miami. The program, like this book, was called Credit Warfare and focused each night on a new credit repair or debt collection issue.
Many people listened nightly on their ride home from work. It was the highest rated program on AM radio during drive time because so many people needed help. Doctors, lawyers, judges, secretaries, police officers, nurses, truck drivers etc… listened to Credit Warfare and used the information to pull their lives back together.
A superior court judge became a federal judge. A police lieutenant became a captain. Others got new jobs and started businesses. They were now able to get the best rates on insurance, homes, cars, credit cards and so on because they were trained to handle their credit repair / debt collection issues themselves.
Today more than 61 million Americans have bad credit with another 30 – 40 million classified as bruised to sub-prime. I knew things were getting bad back in 2007 when I started receiving emails from those who listened to me on the radio or came to seminars 15 years earlier asking for help again.
As was the case then, you can re-take control of your financial life without a credit repair company, credit counseling or in most cases an attorney. You can stop the creditors, collectors and lawyers with little effort and regain some sense of serenity in very short order if you know what your rights are and how to enforce them.You truly can remove any negative information from your credit report on your own legally with minimal time invested.
Credit Warfare will provide you with the knowledge you need backed up with legal references, resources, a plan of action and step by step instruction to deal with any credit or debt collection issue regardless of whether you are a novice or experienced consumer. Most importantly Credit Warfare will help you sleep at night knowing you have the power to fix the issues at hand and protect yourself from any further attacks.
Practical paralegal text that covers the basics of bankruptcy practice, debt creation, secured transactions, the law of liens, and debt collection practices.
Features of The ABCs of Debt:
Completely up-to-date coverage of both bankruptcy law and the related topics of debt creation, debt collection, and the discharge or reorganization of debt in bankruptcy. Debt creation and debt collection are covered in detail before addressing bankruptcy, putting the entire debtor/creditor relationship into a broader, more realistic context. Bankruptcy law is presented in a clear, readable format that focuses on the main concepts rather than the minutia of the law. The bankruptcy process is addressed sequentially, as it arises in actual cases, rather than piecemeal. Not only teaches students about the law but also how to apply the law. By stressing the how-to of debtor/creditor law, this text provides the student that critical bridge between simply knowing about a subject and being able to function as a paralegal in the office where debtor-creditor work is done.In addition to examples and forms, Parsons uses realistic case studies to enable students to apply the knowledge and skills they are learning. Forms for use with these case studies included on a CD with the book. The text provides a step-by-step instruction for completing a bankruptcy petition and the challenging OBF 22A for the Chapter 7 means test and OBF 22C for the Chapter 13 determination of commitment period and projected disposable income. Helpful pedagogy includes: Forms and illustrations Examples Case excerpts and summaries Learn-by-doing exercises Problems/Hypotheticals Ethical queries Key terms/marginal definitions Review questions
Sovereign debt is a complex and highly topical area of law and this work represents a new main reference book on the subject bringing together contributions from world leading practitioners, scholars and regulators.
Divided into five parts the book opens with a part on restructuring which analyses contractual provisions and the role of institutions such as the International Monetary Fund. The second part, on enforcement, considers the position of a sovereign as a defendant analyzing the availability of special immunities and matters of defense and arbitration pertinent to sovereign debt.
Part three of the book is concerned with complicating factors such as economic, political or banking crises and how these relate and complicate the task of addressing an unsustainable sovereign debt stock. In this section the particular and topical issues concerned with restructuring in a monetary union are explained.
The fourth part provides economists’ explanations of why and how sovereigns borrow and the causes of a sovereign debt, which enriches understanding by providing context to the purely legal aspects of the work. The book closes with a section which covers proposed reform to sovereign debt systems.
Dedicated to the leading expert Lee Buchheit, this work contains comprehensive and rigorous analysis on sovereign debt management which no specialist should be without.
Do you want to build weath and…
Change your family tree?
Provide some security for your retirement years?
Give a large portion of your wealth to charity?
Well, it’s time to dump your debt and make this a reality!
In this 106-minute Financial Peace University lesson, Dave shows you how to become debt free as he walks you through the necessary steps and details of dumping debt with the Debt Snowball method.
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Europe is suffering from a bipolar economic disorder; one symptom of which is a sovereign debt crisis. The media have divided the continent into two groups of nations: center and periphery, not by geography but by credit ratings on national debt. European Debt Crisis: The Sovereign Debt Crisis – A Memorandum from the Periphery is a critical investigation of the root causes of the crisis, and the often misguided policy choices made to ‘resolve’ it.
Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz addresses how regional debt contagion in Europe compares with regional financial crises elsewhere, while former Argentine Minister for Economics Roberto Lavagna provides a poignant comparative analysis with his own country’s experience. Crucially and uniquely, Portuguese, Greek, and Irish economists provide hard-hitting case studies that offer the perspective of the European ‘periphery’.
A much-needed book offering a heterodox economic perspective on the causes, symptoms, and solutions of the biggest economic issue currently facing Europe.