How To Manage Personal Debt?

I recently graduated from college. I went to a state university, paid in state tuition and did not live on campus. I have a total of about $45,000 in student loans. Of this amount, $28,000 is in federal loans, $8,000 from a state agency and $9,000 is...

Right now, I'm funding my law school education through a merit scholarship, student loans and my god d*mn credit card. To make a long story short, before applying to law school, I had no credit card debt. I only made 28k working at a nonprofit but I...

America has become more a debt 'junkie' - - than ever before with total debt of $48 Trillion - - and the highest debt ratio in history. That's $161,287 per man, woman and child - - or $645,148 per family of 4, $45,514 more debt per family than last year...

How do I get my life on track with high debt and a chronic medical condition? So i'm 26 years old and have been completely on my own since i was 18. I come from a working class family who lives in a small dying town with no jobs. I knew if I was going...

I am a graduate student now with over 120K in student loan debt. Including private and federal loans. I'm really concerned about how I am going to pay it all back. I justified it all by saying that I am in a graduate program (currently in my first year...

Say you are an idiot, me, for example. How would you manage this debt and a loan? You have just borrowed $12,000 against your 401k with the original intention of paying off a previous 401k loan with a $5,000 balance, and using the remaining $7,000 to...

I am not a German. But I respect this great nation which managed to perform this miracle of keeping education cost so low (zero) while the richest nation in the world (United States) today burdened their young with ridiculous college debt. For some reason...

We have about 25k in credit card debt from a self funded home remodel. We did the remodel a year ago (having no debt) now we realized it was dumb to put some much on the credit ...show more

I am currently drowning in over $20,000 of debt from at least four different banks. I cannot make the payments on these student loans. Every time I attempt to sit down and address the problem, I become overwhelmed and confused by how indirect all of...