Debt

Borrowell Review: Fast, Fair, and Friendly Loans + Free Credit Scores

By Kyle | September 27, 2017

“Make financial services fast, fair, and friendly.” Turns out that you don’t need a large, expensively-maintained branch location in order to lend people money. You don’t need lines, multiple appointments, and...

Why you might not be ready to start paying off your debt

By Chris Enns | May 14, 2017

I want you to imagine something… You’ve just gone downstairs into your basement (in this world you own a lovely house with a basement… yay!!!) and you instantly notice two...

Using Marketplace Lending to Get Out of Credit Card Debt

By Kyle | August 19, 2015

The first commandment of personal finance is not to carry a balance on your credit card. If you have just recently seen the light when it comes to keeping track...

5 Ways Big Data Might be Letting You Know You Have Too Much Debt

By Kyle | December 4, 2013

As we all know, we don’t really need to think anymore because we have networks of supercomputers that can do that for us. No longer do kids need to make...

7 Ways to Know You’ve Got Too Much Debt

By Justin | April 30, 2013

When it comes to debt, many people dare not add up the amount they owe, or the total amount of their debt-related monthly payments. To do so would make it...

Paying Off Debt: The New Year’s Resolution You Need to Keep

By Justin | January 13, 2013

Making New Year’s resolutions is a time honored January tradition. The problem is that by February most of those resolutions have been broken and completely abandoned. But there’s one New...

Avoiding the Temptation to Pay Down Debt

By Teacher Man | July 1, 2012

I have a sickness in that I like to read inordinate amounts of personal finance material. If you too are afflicted with this malady you have no doubt noticed the...

Using Debt and Failure As Motivation

By Teacher Man | June 10, 2012

It’s all fine and well to be motivated by altruistic means, but I would argue that the top performers in most fields are fuelled by something other than the prize...

Enough With The Obsession With Credit Scores

By Guest Post | October 12, 2011

I'm not sure what I did to deserve all these wonderful PF bloggers knocking down my door to guest post for me... so just want to say a big "THANKS!". ...