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• Is $250 a month in disposable income livable for a family of 3?

  You'll be going into a tight budget time, so get a really good system in place. If you don't have that you love already, I recommend YNAB (youneedabudget.com). It's envelope based and is really good for planning ahead for irregular expenses and for "rolling with the punches" if something comes up. It works differently than traditional monthly budget, so take time to use all the resources to learn the system. ... Source: 11 months ago

• LPT Request: What is your favorite life hack that has saved you money, time, or made your day-to-day activities easier?

  I also said in a comment below, I use YNAB to track my financial life. This strategy only works if you have enough confidence in your finances to know that if I gave you a card with 100k credit limit, you would never spend more on it than what you have in your bank and has been budgeted for. If not, I cannot overstate how important it is to get your budget in order beforehand. There’s zero money saved if you pay... Source: 12 months ago

• Fund future vacations

  If you aren’t already giving every dollar you make a job, earning more money will only get you so far. Check out YNAB, read all the free content about learning to plan and budget. Source: about 1 year ago

• Tracking savings goals

  Track it by hand or in software. I started out with just a spreadsheet, but since then moved my whole budget to YNAB (youneedabudget.com), where you track all your individual savings goals as well as how your money will be used to cover regular (and irregular) expenses. Now the whole plan is in one place, and covers everything from how much is set aside for gardening supplies for this summer to the big... Source: about 1 year ago

• My grandfather passed away and left me 25k. I have next to no savings and I owe money on a couple credit cards and a car. Almost 40, how do I maximize this?

  Aside from all the other advice, get a subscription to YNAB (youneedabudget.com) and start using it religiously. It will help prevent any backsliding and will put you in a much better financial situation going forward. Source: about 1 year ago

Credit.com mentions (52)

• I have a Derogatory Mark that is in Collections… How do I get it off asap? Plz

  But the debt may continue to impact your credit for longer than those seven years because the collections company can also place an item on your credit report. Depending on how the account is handled, whether it’s within the statute of limitations and whether you attempt to negotiate or pay the debt, the item can appear on your credit report for as long as around seven-and-a-half years from the last payment... Source: about 1 year ago

• Real Fico scores higher than Vantage?

  I read a lot about ignoring the Vantage scores provided by Creditkarma and while I'm satisfied with my Experian Fico 8 score, I got a trial membership on credit.com to see all the other Fico scores. Source: about 1 year ago

• Experian FICO Score 8 dropped by massive 44 points

  Just requested the credit.com people to remove it and also disputed on Transunion systems, hoping that it gets removed soon. Should not be affecting me negatively then, right? Source: about 1 year ago

• Experian FICO Score 8 dropped by massive 44 points

  So if I understand correctly, FICO 2/4/5 are used for mortgages. I then tired to dig deep into my report and got a free weekly trial from credit.com to see all other FICO scores. From 3 bureaus. And as per credit.com, my credit age and account mix ratings are either C or C- category (across all 3 bureaus). All other factors have either A or A+ (if that matters). Source: about 1 year ago

• Current credit score 612, how do I make it go up?

  I opened an account on credit.com, like you said, and canceled immediately. Credit.com shows my FICO 9 score as 668. It also shows that I have 2 negative records. They are both the same collection that I mentioned in my original post (2 different bureaus). Source: about 1 year ago