Credit 911 secrets and strategies to saving your financial life
A comprehensive guide to reclaiming your financial life After the dramatic mortgage crisis and stock market collapse, people are beginning to recognize that the only way to secure their financial future is to take charge of their own spending and saving habits. You can survive this crisis, solve you...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628460006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Credit 911: Secrets and Strategies to Saving Your Financial Life; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Living on the Edge; Bad Credit Happens to Good People; You Had Better Shop Around; Why You Should Listen to Me; Don't Blame the Swimmers as They Drown; Statistics Don't Lie-But They Can Scare You Half to Death; The Only Thing Worse Than No Advice Is Bad Advice; What You Don't Know Can Hurt You; Chapter 1: America's #2 Addiction; The Seduction; Shop around the Clock; What Happens in Vegas Stays on Your Credit Report; Did You Ever Get the Feeling You're Being Watched?
- Chapter 2: Plastic DynamiteFire in the Hole; Membership Had Its Privileges; Changing the Rules of the Game; The Gift That Keeps on Taking; Someone Always Has It Worse Than You Do; Somebody Ought to Look into It . . .; I'm Forever in Your Debt; Psst! How Would You Like to Save 10 Percent?; The Rise of the One-Armed Bandit; The Rich Get Richer; Chapter 3: Affairs of the Wallet: Marriage; What You Need to Know before You Say I Do; Dating Interview Tips; The Ten Steps You Must Take before Saying "I Do"; Chapter 4: Affairs of the Wallet: Divorce; What Your Spouse Might Turn Into
- I Thought I Was DivorcedHorror Stories; The 15 Steps You Need to Take First; Chapter 5: Collections: Deal with It; Stop Being Right; The Truth about the Seven-Year Rule; Your Action Plan; Dealing with Debt Settlement and Credit Repair Agencies; A Medical Emergency; Chapter 6: The Credit System and How It Works; The Meaning of Your Score; The Credit Scoring Game; Scoring Methods; Your Credit Report; Situations I Have Seen First-Hand; Strategies for Taking Control; Chapter 7: Buying Real Estate Is Not a Joke; The Match Game: Getting You the Best Loan; The World of Real Estate Agents
- Home Buying Budget BustersBuyer Beware; Chapter 8: What If I Lose My Castle?; Foreclosure Basics; Avoiding Foreclosure; When Foreclosure Is Inevitable; Chapter 9: Damage Control; Insurance; You Are at Risk; Make a Collect Call; Investments; Where Is Your Money?; The Third ""I""-Identify Theft; You Are Vulnerable; Chapter 10: Bankruptcy: Losing the Battle to Win the War; What Exactly Is Bankruptcy?; Do You Really Need to File for Bankruptcy Protection?; What Type of Bankruptcy Should You File?; What Steps Do You Need to Take?; How Does the Process Begin?; The Advantage of Taking Action Early
- Chapter 11: Saving Your Financial LifeStarting Over; One Day at a Time-Maintaining Financial Health; Controlling Your Financial Destiny; Stories of Success; Having Good Credit Improves Your Quality of Life; About the Author; Index
