Comments on: Living Debt Free – Part 1

By: jerry

jerry — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:27:27 +0000

I’m all over this one!!
I have had all my money ran through the same bank for 20 yrs.
I have always paid the bills! Well ,that was when I was married. I have been divorced for two years and I assumed all the bills. I was still living the same way. I put myself in a bad situation. I went to the bank they denied me anything and everything I wanted No mercy!! I lost 500 bucks to have my home apraised only to find out it is under mortage. Dang! I just can’t win. Really that was a blessing, If I would have refinanced to pay off my dept I would be in an even bigger hole. I still have the Job I have always had and love.
So I have been on a journey for the past year to pay all this stuff off. Except for my home. April 2011, I will have no more credit cards or loans. I have been doing this all on my own. I am all alone no one will help because of my income.
Funny, I’m reading about it now. It was just something personal I wanted to do. I tell ya my stress level has declined dramaticly. Now if I could only do something about the tax deductions out of my pay!! LOL.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 01:55:06 +0000

Not angry at all. Just nice to read a different point of view.

By: Billy Ress

Billy Ress — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:50:14 +0000

I love your post and I’m excited to see your outcome.
I have always wanted to live debt free. I do have a lot of debt at the moment but I came across the agency that has blogs helping people to manage debt better and have companies listed on the website that are quality. The agency is called the alternative loan machine.

I think I’m ready to join you on your quest to living debt free

By: JoeTaxpayer

JoeTaxpayer — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:36:19 +0000

Wow Victoria, you sound angry. I suggest that people do what’s right for them. If they don’t have the discipline to only spend what they can pay for at month end, I’m happy that they decide to use cash.
For budget tracking, I love being able to download the last year’s worth of my card transactions and sort to see exactly what I spent in each category.
The perks I’ve gotten over the years don’t influence me to make purchases I wouldn’t otherwise make. But it’s nice to see my 11yr old’s 529 account balance at $7000 funded from the cask back reward card. It’s nice that when we plan our next vacation I’ll use miles to pay for a plane if we fly.

By: finallygettingtoeven.com

finallygettingtoeven.com — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:59:25 +0000

I am looking forward to your posts. I have been reading a lot of blogs on the net for the past year and it does appear anymore to be the same things over and over just re-written using different words and fancier terms. I have actually stopped reading so many of the blogs that I had gotten used to and now expanding my horizons because quite frankly I am becoming bored.

Can’t wait to read your future posts. Thanks for a great blog!