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Overwhelming debt is now a part of the American way of life, apparently. Too many people buy too much stuff that they can't afford and end up drowning in debt. The total amount of their monthly payments is more than the total amount of their monthly income.
Rather than seeking help right away, most people try to dig themselves out of the hole, but usually just end up making the hole deeper and deeper.
Finally, these people will come to the overdue realization that they need help, and they will start the process of finding a debt management service that can provide that relief for them.
It will very soon become apparent that there are more debt management service companies out there than they ever imagined. Each individual thinks that they are the only one who has ever been in this position. Boy, are they ever wrong!
Overwhelming debt in America has caused an explosion in the debt management industry. Choosing the right debt management company is more difficult than one ever could imagine.
First, most debt management companies provide consumer credit counseling free of charge. Not all of them do...but most. A credit counselor will discuss a debtor's finances with him in great detail.
The counselor will want to know about each and every debt that is owed, the date of the loan, the amount, and the balance on the loan. This will include every debt -- mortgage, car payments, utility bills, phone services, cable TV service...and of course, credit card debt.
Once the consumer credit counselor has gathered all of the information, he or she will make recommendations about how best the creditor can get control of his debts and how the company that the counselor works for can help. This is where fees are discussed.
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People who work as debt management experts go to school for that sort of thing. Many spend four years or more getting college degrees that identify them as experts in the money and debt management fields. And they are experts, there's no doubt about it.
The best of the debt management experts and debt management teachers, however, are those who have learned to manage their personal finances and their personal debts, and then passed that knowledge along to their children.
Those who actually do it are the experts, and they are the ones that we need to learn from to avoid having to visit with a well-educated debt management expert because we have gotten ourselves into financial hot water.
As I look around at expert debt managers (those who successfully manage their own finances) I find that they have many things in common. They don't all do things exactly the same way, of course, but the structure in which they manage their finances is basically the same.
1. They save first. Those people who know how to save very rarely get into financial trouble. Sure, they can. Life can throw some pretty hard curve balls....the loss of a job or a major illness. But unless their financial trouble is caused by an outside force they will not get themselves in debt up to their eyeballs.
2. They live within their means. They do not base their spending upon what their friends have. The neighbors might buy a new car, but that will have no bearing upon whether they do or not.
3. They all have budgets. Not only do they have budgets, but they live within the constraints of that budget. They do not make impulse buys. If asked, they could tell you how much is spent each month on food, shelter, clothing, utilities, and transportation. |
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We all have albums (or shoeboxes) filled with photographs. They collectively make up the story of our lives. Photographs are little moments frozen in time that we can look at and recall whole days, weeks, or months of the good times of our lives.
I say good times because we don't take pictures of the bad times. We all enjoy going through those photographs and revisiting happy times of the past.
If we could take snapshots of our financial lives in the same way that we take snapshots of friends, relatives, and the happy moments in our lives, maybe it would help us to remember financial good times as well. It would be nice to remember what we did that was right so that we could avoid making mistakes today and tomorrow, wouldn't it?
If you could look at a photograph of your checkbook that was taken BCC (Before Credit Cards), you would see a balance that you felt so good about. Maybe it wasn't a really big balance, but it was a balance, nevertheless, and it was there after you had paid every debt that you owed. You had money left over...remember that?
It would be nice to see a picture of your savings account, too.
You can make new memories of positive checking account balances and savings account balances once you get control of your out-of-control debts. The way to do that is to just bite the bullet, so to speak, and seek professional help.
Choose a consumer credit counselor and let him or her help you to get your financial life back on the right track so that you can again experience the good financial times that you once had. There isn't a shortcut, and the trip back may not be painless, but it can be accomplished. |
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