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Credit card debt relief can be reduced through lower rates or negotiating for reduced balances. With reduced interest, you can pay off the principal quicker with the same monthly payment. The other approach is debt settlement, which eliminates part of your debt at the cost of your credit score.

1. Transfer Balances

Credit card companies are always offering introductory deals, such as 0% on transfers. Usually such offers last for several months, giving you the chance to make sizeable payments on your principal.

If you have several credit cards, choose to transfer the account with the smallest amount. Pay off that account, then take that card’s monthly payment and apply it to your next lowest balance. Soon you will be creating a snowball affect, swiftly lowering your debt. Make sure to close paid off accounts to raise your credit score and keep from adding to your debt.

2. Negotiate Lower Rates

Credit card companies are also willing to lower rates. You can try to do this on your own, but you will have more success with a debt management company. For a monthly fee, they will lower rates with credit card companies and handle your monthly payments.

Debt management plans can affect your credit temporarily if your creditors report delayed or reduced payments. This might prevent you from opening new accounts for a year or more. However, with such plans you can be out of short term debt in less than five years with a much better credit score.

3. Settle For Reduction In Debt

Debt settlement can be the most effective method to lower your credit card debt. A debt settlement company can settle your debt with creditors, often times for up to 50% of the original amount owed. Reducing your credit card debt will have long term benefits for you. Less credit means better rates when you do want to apply for financing, especially with a home or car purchase. No matter which option you choose, research companies carefully and compare their services and fees.To learn more about credit card debt relief, please visit Total Debt Relief.

Have you succumbed to the lure of credit cards and found yourself in a bit of a pickle because of it?
Pull up a chair and have a seat – Welcome to the ever growing club of consumer debt. Your biggest challenge now is to dig yourself out of this situation and avoid having to pay anyone to help you do it.
The options at this stage are usually as follow (depending on the level of credit card debt):
• Consolidate into a loan.
• Debt Management.
• Bankruptcy.
• Do Nothing.
• Just pay off the cards over as long as it takes.
• Make the minimum payments and keep spending.
• Make an effective DIY plan.
The more popular solutions – such as consolidation loans and debt management -we see being touted everywhere are the ones that put your money in other people’s pocket. I don’t know about you but for me becoming free from debt should not involve spending more money, or borrowing your way out of debt.
So how does a DIY system work?
To break it down into 5 steps it looks something like this:
1. Address your spending habits and why you are in this situation.
To ever win with money and have a comfortable financial future you have to control your money – not the other way round. Take complete control and set yourself some realistic yet desirable goals for the future.
2. Know your options, the ins and outs of how they work – and why they are not for you.
Along the way you will be tempted by quick fix ‘make it all better’ solutions like consolidation loans and debt management. As mentioned already there is a multibillion dollar industry making a very healthy profit from consumer debt. Your DIY plan does not involve paying to get out of debt.
3. Know your situation.
Any debt relief system requires a bit of budgeting. As long you’ve followed the rest of the plan so far, have desirable goals and no intention of taking an easy -and expensive – way out you won’t have trouble budgeting.
The other thing to know is your credit score. There are a staggering amount of mistakes found on credit scores that result in people paying more interest than they should. If you are eligible for lower rates and 0% APR cards to move expensive balances on to – you need to know about it.
4. Minimise outgoings, Maximise income and leverage your cash flow.
If you could be paying less for utilities and day to day expenses you should. There is a very fine art of money saving that you will become very good at if you’re going to be successful at this.
Home economics, consumer education and bargain hunting can save you incredible amounts of cash that can go toward paying off your debt quicker.
If you’re really serious you can take it a step further and create a secondary source of income. Be it a second job, or using a natural skill/strength you have that can earn you money in your spare time.
With the opportunities available online it’s never been easier to find those who are seeking out some knowledge, experience and skills that you have and that they would pay you money for.
5. Form your system and put it into action.
Having followed the first 4 steps and laid some sturdy foundations you are now in a position to develop a quite powerful ‘snowball’ plan. That is a system that gains momentum as you execute it.
This step is completely dependant on the first 4 steps and generating an extra figure that you can assign to snowballing your credit card debt. As the debts get paid off the figure grows and subsequently clears the rest of the debts a lot quicker – saving you a tidy amount of interest in the process.
It is very possible use a DIY plan and enjoy great success from it, yes it takes a bit of hard work and discipline on your part but the alternatives just cost you more and keep you in debt for longer.
It’s your money, it’s your life – if you want to truly own them both then you have to take control – not give it over to someone else. Control or be controlled, the choice is yours.

With so many Americans drowning in a sea of debt right now, it’s only to be expected that we are awash with articles by so called experts that offer advice on debt reduction.

What’s much more surprising though, is that nearly all of the advice that’s being offered is general and vague, and almost completely worthless.

How many times have you seen completely useless advice like, “destroy all your credit cards and then start paying them down”?

Your struggling to put gas in your car, pay a medical bill or your mortgage, and somebody says, “destroy your credit cards!”, and you think to yourself, “thanks for nothing!”.

Right now the average American has close to $10,000 of credit card debt, in addition to his or her other debts, and most of them would love to get free from all that debt, and they just want to know how to do it.

A Quick Overview

The following is just a summary of what needs to be done, after which we’ll go into the details.

The first thing I’d suggest would be to call all your lenders and ask them if they’ll lower their APR, and you’ll likely be pleasantly surprised at the responses.

A number of lenders will more than likely agree while others won’t, but at least you’ll be able to make out a list of your debts, and know which ones you need to eliminate first.

As soon as you know which creditors are charging the highest APR you’ll want to move the debt to a card or lender that charges less interest.

Then what you need to do, is to pay the maximum that you can every month on the card charging the highest amount of interest, and pay just the minimum on the others.

The Details

The reason that some lenders will refuse to negotiate with you is that that they won’t do a deal with people that have been delinquent for less than ninety days. So if you haven’t been delinquent for that long, then tell them that you’re in financial trouble and are trying to avoid becoming insolvent.

It may or may not work, but it’s certainly worth a try.

Assuming that you now have a list of creditors, and you know how much interest each company is charging you, I’d like you to put the list in order with the company charging the lowest interest at the top.

What you then have to do is to call the company at the top of the list and ask them if they’d be willing to assume the debt that’s owed to the company at the bottom of the list.

If they consent, then you must be sure to ask them if they’ll retain the present rate of interest, and if they won’t then make a note of how much the new interest rate will be, and continue on down the list.

Once you’ve called every company on the list you’ll be able to call the company or companies offering the best deals and arrange for your worst debts to be transferred to them.

You’ll then need to reorder your list so that the company that’s charging you the most is at the top; and that’s the one that you’ll want to get paid off first.

You must then pay the lender at the top of the list the maximum that you can every month, whilst paying the others only the minimum.

Once the lender at the top of the list has been paid off, you remove its name from the list, and then focus on the new top of the list lender.

It’s almost certain that you receive tempting offers from different credit card companies in the mail on a regular basis, and you most likely just toss them into the trash.

Don’t!

Instead, call them and ask how much debt they’re willing to assume, and how much interest they’ll charge, and depending on the deal that they offer, you can then incorporate them into your list.

One Last Thing

If you have funds in a savings account that’s earning you next to nothing, then consider withdrawing them, and using the money to pay off, or to pay down some of your expensive debts.

You might even consider cashing in an IRA or 401K if you have one; and if that sounds crazy then consider this.

If you owed $1000.00 on a credit card that had an APR of 14 percent, and you only made a minimum payment of 4 percent, then it would take you 6 years and 7 months to pay off. If however you were to pay off double the minimum amount every month, then it would only take you only one year and three months, and you’d save $269.00!

Hopefully this article will have given you not only some ways to reduce your debts but will have also given you the motivation to start doing it right away.

There are many ways you can reduce your debt. You can choose to get various agencies like consolidation or debt management agencies to do it for you or you can choose to reduce the debt yourself. Choosing a do-it-yourself option can be quite a learning experience.What you need to do first is to understand where you are coming from. This is the first but nerve racking step to debt reduction. Write down what you owe who, if there are any interest rates involved and even any outstanding loans like student or mortgage loans. If you think that your debt is out of control, you may require the services of a professional debt counselor.Take a look at your monthly budget and pen down your income after taxes; you can then subtract all your expenses and see what your balance is. This amount is what you can use to pay off your debts. Take time to examine what you can reduce spending on; it could be taking the bus or carpooling instead of always driving to each destination.  Remember the more monthly payments you make towards your debt, the sooner you will be debt free.Create a financial plan on how you will go about reducing your debt. Make a decision to pay a certain amount per month to each debt. While you are doing this, you are not adding any extra debt. If possible try and increase the number of monthly repayments. If for example you are paying $225 this month, try and pay $275 in another two months. Talk to your creditors during this period and see if you can negotiate lower interest rates or even lower monthly payments. Above all, follow your plan through see it to the end. It will make you wiser in the long run.

As an increasing number of people are finding themselves in over their heads in debt, many are turning to various debt management programs for assistance. Before you sign on to one of these programs, you might try to make your own debt reduction plan – and save yourself having to pay a company fees for their services, or avoid the trouble of potentially dealing with a dishonest company.
Step One: How Bad Is The Situation?
Before you can honestly make a go at paying off debt, you need to have accurate knowledge of how much debt you have. Get out your checkbook register, bank statements, credit card statements and anything else you use to track your finances and see if you can pull together a complete list of debt. Include the name of the creditor or person you owe, how much you owe them, what the minimum payment is, and how much the interest is.
Make a second list of other financial obligations each month – your rent or mortgage, utilities, etc. This way you can see how much money you’re paying out versus how much you’re receiving. If your income isn’t greater than the minimum payments and living expenses on your list, you know you’re in a really bad situation. If the income is the same or greater than what you owe – the situation is troublesome but probably not as bad as you thought.
Either way – making your own debt reduction plan is a good place to start digging yourself out of this hole. If after you try this with 100% commitment you find you still can’t make any headway in reducing debt, you might want to consider other options (debt management companies or a debt consolidation loan, for example).
Step Two: Call your Creditors
This step can be challenging and it’s the reason many people feel working with a debt management company is helpful because they will actually try to negotiate on your behalf. What you may not realize is they don’t have much more pull in getting lower interest rates are different repayment terms than you do on your own.
There is nothing stopping you from calling each of your credit card companies and explaining your situation. Right now, they are likely to be getting a lot of calls from people trying to do the same thing, so it may be more difficult than ever but you won’t know if you don’t try! Ask for a lower interest rate for a period of six or twelve months, to help you pay down your debt faster; or ask for any other payment arrangement that helps more of your money go to the principal balance to enable you to get out of debt. You may be pleasantly surprised at the offer you receive – if the customer service representative tells you there is nothing they can do, don’t just say thank you and hang up! They are reading from a “what to say when the customer asks…” type of script, so be sure to ask to be transferred to the supervisor and be persistent (yet polite).
Step Three: Work Out a Repayment Plan
You have to be committed. You have to be serious about wanting to get rid of the debt, or you may as well stop right here because you aren’t going to get anywhere if you start a debt reduction plan and quit a week later. You can’t approach it like a diet that you start before Thanksgiving and quit because you want to eat two helpings of Thanksgiving dinner.. start back up afterwards and quit for Christmas and New Year. It probably took you a few years to get into serious debt, and unless you win the lottery or are handed a ton of cash, it’s going to take discipline and time to get out of it.
Look at your lists and see where your money is going right now. First of all, eliminate all unnecessary expenses (coffee on the way to work, picking up extra groceries on a whim when shopping for meals, eating in restaurants or take-out, buying books when you can go to the library, etc). Change your list to reflect new interest rates or minimum payments you maybe succeeded in arranging from doing Step Two.
After subtracting your required living expenses from your income (your rent, your utilities, your gasoline, car insurance, etc), take the amount you have left and decide how to allocate it to your debts to pay them off. You can use a “debt snowball” to do this. The key is to pay the minimum payment on all debts except for one; which you send as much money as possible month after month until it is paid off. Once the account is paid off, you send the money you had been sending to it on to the next account on your list (added to the minimum payment you were already sending). As you pay off accounts your payments get bigger to each of the accounts on your debt list, which accelerates repayment.
When you use a debt management company, often you are required to stop making payments on some or all of your accounts in order to get them three months (or more) past due just to get the company to work with you. In some cases, you may already be this far behind and the option for using a debt management company may be a good one. If you aren’t quite that behind on your debt, you can work out better repayment terms and become disciplined with your finances without having to damage your credit score further or make payments to a debt management company.

Q. Will I be totally debt free when I’m done? Our program is focused on dealing with only unsecured debts (credit cards, medical bills, unsecured personal loans). We cannot help you with debt that is secured by collateral (such as mortgages or auto loans). After completing the program, however, the money that you are no longer paying towards your unsecured creditors can now be used to pay down secured debts, as well as to save for your financial future.

Q. Will I have to take out another loan to cover my current debts? No. Our debt reduction program is not a new loan. Some of our clients will use a “consolidation” loan in conjunction with FDR’s debt negotiation program, but most fund their settlements with a monthly payment into their settlement savings account over the program period. That being said, we do have a relationship with a lending company, and some clients who demonstrate a consistent pattern of saving their monthly draft amount on time may be eligible for a loan to pay off one or more of their settlements. Of course, this is never something that is required of any FDR client.

Q. How is the service fee paid, are they paid upfront? Our fees are not charged upfront – instead they are withdrawn from your new settlement account each month. Typically our fees are spread out over a period spanning 18-19 months. The fee is broken into a Retainer fee, that is paid out over the first 3 or 4 months, and then a Service fee that is paid out over the following 15 months. All fees are included in the one monthly savings amount that our account executives will quote to you.

Q. Should I put all of my credit cards in the program? If you have one card with a low balance that you can quickly pay down to zero, then you may hold onto it for emergencies. However the program will generally not work unless you enroll all of your high balance (greater than $500) credit card accounts. As you can imagine, it makes it difficult for us to negotiate with your creditors if they can see that you are negotiating on some accounts but not others.

Q. Who controls the bank account where I am saving funds for creditors? You do. The bank account is set up in your name and the money in the account is your money. The reason why we recommend keeping it in a new account that is separate from your existing bank accounts, is that in our experience, this separation dramatically increases (by a factor of 2-3 times!) the probability that you will succeed in FDR’s program. FDR’s fees are deducted from this account each month, according to the Agreement that you sign with us. But the accumulated savings in the account are owned by you.

Q. How does this affect my credit? If you do not make required minimum payments to your creditor you may be breaking the terms of your agreement with them and your actions will probably be reported to consumer reporting agencies as a late, delinquent, charged-off or past due balance. This is true whether or not you have enrolled in a Debt Settlement Plan. Depending upon the condition of your credit report at the time of enrollment, a Debt Settlement Plan may have an adverse effect on your credit report and credit score. Our goal is to get you out of debt for the lowest cost, in the shortest period of time without declaring bankruptcy. Once you are out of debt, we will be able to refer you to a reputable credit repair organization if you desire. Please note, Freedom Debt Relief is not a credit repair organization.

Q. Will I receive phone calls from collectors? There are federal and state laws designed to protect you from creditor harassment. However, the fact is that most of our clients experience some collection calls. FDR’s goal is to get your creditors to call us and not you when they want to ask for money, and we will work with you minimize any calls that get through to you. In addition, we will work with you to make sure violators of collection laws, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) are appropriately handled.

Q. Will I owe taxes on my forgiven debt? The IRS considers a forgiven debt as taxable income, so at the end of the year, they will expect taxes to be paid on the settlement. The IRS, however, has a form (Form 982) available for certain hardship situations that may exempt you from this tax. Please contact a tax advisor to discuss this issue further.

Q. Do interest and late fees accrue on my accounts? If you let your accounts go delinquent, your creditors will continue to add interest and late fees onto your balances. Typically, your balance will increase until a settlement is reached. Keep in mind that the interest is going to accrue regardless of whether you make minimum payments or not. FDR’s goal is to negotiate substantial reductions to the balances on your accounts, even after the interest and late fees have accrued.

Q. Could I negotiate on my own? Yes you can. You can also do your own taxes and repair your own car, but most people choose to seek help. Most people prefer to leave these tasks to experienced people who earn their livelihood as specialists in those lines of work. Our team of debt negotiation specialists has only one job – negotiating reductions on our clients’ unsecured debts, each and every day of the week. Our knowledge and experience puts us in the best position to stand up to your creditors and fight for the best settlement possible. Together, FDR’s team of negotiation specialists are resolving approximately $10,000,000 of debt each month (and growing!).

Q. Do you begin negotiating with my creditors right away? Except when dealing with certain difficult creditors, we generally contact your creditors right away (typically within approximately 1-2 weeks of your joining our program) to let them know that we have Limited Power of Attorney and to request that future collection calls come to us and not you. The actual negotiation activity is typically very limited until you have saved up enough in your settlement account to make reasonable offers to your creditors. Most (but not all) creditors do not want to spend time negotiating an account unless they know there are funds available. The first settlement typically happens in month 6 to 9 of a client’s program (this varies greatly and depends on your monthly savings amount and the number of creditors you have enrolled in the program as well as the balance of each individual account). In some instances it may take more than 9 months before the first settlement is reached.

Q. Will my debts be sent to a law firm? Will this result in a lawsuit? Creditors do have the right to send debts to third party collection agencies and/or law firms in order to collect a debt. If this happens, we will continue to negotiate on your account and will treat the debt as a priority creditor (meaning we will try to resolve it first, before moving onto your other accounts). Based on our actual experience, it is a small percentage of cases on which lawsuits are actually filed. When this does happen, usually the purpose of the lawsuit is to force a settlement. We will continue to negotiate to settle the debt, although the settlement percentages are often higher than typical “non-legal” settlements. If a lawsuit is filed before you have saved up enough funds to negotiate a settlement, we will seek to resolve the account by putting it on a long term payment plan for 100% of the balance. Please note, we are not a law firm and cannot provide legal advice or legal representation.

Q. Do you guarantee that you settle all of my debts for a certain percentage? No. Every case is a negotiation, and there is no guarantee how the negotiations will wind up. Furthermore, the success of our negotiations is highly dependent on your ability to save a specified amount each and every month you are in the program.

Q. Will entering your program repair my credit? No. We are not a credit repair company, and our goal is not to repair your credit. Our goal is to negotiate settlements at less than face value on your unsecured debts.

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With the high cost of living today, it is very easy to find yourself battling increasing debt. The majority of families are living paycheck to paycheck, even if there are two incomes occurring. As such, it is very easy to find yourself overextended with credit. The vicious cycle continues when you apply for more credit to help with the unmanageable credit you are already experiencing. What is the solution to reduce debt? There are a few debt reduction solutions available to help you grab a firm hold of your debt and begin to control your finances:

Most of the companies that offer these services include, debt counseling and education, which will help you learn effective ways of handing your finances and controlling your debt so that you remain debt free. They provide access to workshops from experts in the financial field that will give you tips on how to manage your money so that your money is working for you instead of you working for your money. An advantage to attending workshops and/or seminars is that you meet other individuals who are also learning how to stay out of debt. Many times knowing you are not alone in dealing with your debt gives you a sense of hope that your financial picture really can get better. Of course, with the many debt reduction solutions available – it certainly can!

Debt consolidation is a form of debt reduction that combines all your outstanding credit card balances and reduces them to a more manageable monthly repayment option. The financial consultant will negotiate with your creditors for the lowest possible amount. With a debt consolidation loan the consultant combines all your outstanding balances into a loan and you are then required to pay one low monthly repayment fee to the lending institution.

The other debt reduction solution is through negotiation or settlement. This is different from a consolidation and can reduce your monthly payments by as much as 50 percent. The consultant you are working with will negotiate with your creditors to lower your interest rates substantially. The majority of creditors will accept this type of arrangement, as they know they stand a much better chance of receiving their money with an individual who is attempting to settle their debt through a credit settlement rather than with an individual on the verge of declaring bankruptcy.

It is important to remember that you did not get into debt overnight and do not expect to get out of it quickly either. Expect to spend between three years or longer to be debt free. Expect to give up all your credit cards (some let you keep one for emergencies) and follow the financial plan to curb excessive spending. It may be tight for a while but the result is being free of debt.

FDR’s Debt Reduction Program, also know as Debt Negotiation or Debt Settlement, is an aggressive approach to becoming debt free. It is appropriate for debtors with a serious amount of debt or who are considering credit counseling or bankruptcy. The program’s goal is to find the optimal solution to lower your debts, help you deal with your creditors, and get you on the road to financial freedom.

Debt Reduction Steps

The Debt Reduction Program is very effective. Here is a step-by-step overview:

Step 1: Call or e-mail us for a free consultation. We will assess your financial situation and determine your potential for debt reduction.

Step 2: We will work with you to determine the appropriate monthly dollar amount that you plan to save towards a negotiated settlement. This amount is typically significantly less than your current minimum payments, and goes toward paying off your debt (not simply paying credit card interest charges). These funds will be saved every month in a new account that you set up and control.

Step 3: Once you enroll in the “Debt Reduction Program” we contact your creditors in an attempt to handle future creditor communications. You are requested to avoid using credit while on the program.

Step 4: After funds have accrued to make reasonable offers, we begin negotiating with your creditors individually. Typically, we attempt to reduce debts by at least 50% of your current balances. We stay in contact with you to keep you apprised of your situation. Please note, it may take several months of savings before we are in a position to make settlement offers.

Step 5: Once a settlement is negotiated with a creditor, you will be notified via a “Good News” notification from us.

Step 6: After the account is paid, we request that your creditors report to the credit rating bureaus that your accounts are “settled in full,” “settled,” “paid,” or “settled for less than the full amount.” Either way, you no longer owe on this account and the balance is zero. Congratulations, you are now free of that debt!**

After the Program: If you are interested in credit repair, purchasing a home, purchasing an automobile, or related financial services products – we can help you find a company to apply for access to other products. Or, if you simply want to talk about a financial services decision, we will always help you think about your best strategy for staying debt free and building personal wealth.

* Actual results will vary based on individual situations and negotiations. Success in our program is highly dependent on your ability to save a specified amount consistently each month. Freedom Debt Relief may be unable to get you debt free within 36 months. Freedom Debt Relief makes no representation or guarantee that we will be able to lower your debts by a certain percentage. **Please note, Freedom Debt Relief is not a credit repair organization.

I want to introduce you to what has sometimes been referred to as the snowball method of reducing your debts, a method which has proved to be very effective for many people.

Debt reduction and elimination is an objective that almost every person in the world wants to reach. People who have enjoyed freely using credit cards are finally realizing the consequences of their actions and are therefore taking steps to solve their problems. People who want to accomplish the objective of total debt reduction and elimination often turn to experts for help.

Many professionals are available today to help people who want to get rid of their liabilities. These debt reduction and elimination services often analyze a clients case and think up the best way to meet their objective. Often, these companies will suggest different methods that a person can use to get rid of their obligations. One such method will be discussed in this article.

The meaning of the snowball method of debt elimination and reduction can already be deduced from its name. If you watch cartoons, then you might know what this means. A snowball, when rolled from the top of a hill, will gather speed and increase in size as it moves. This gives you an idea about what this method, when applied to your obligations, aims to accomplish.

The goal of this method of debt elimination and reduction is to get rid of your debts in a way that resembles what happens to a snowball. This means that it aims to help you start from paying off your small debts slowly, and working your way up to the big debts with increasing speed.

How is this done?

1 List all of your debts in order from lowest to highest. This will help you see your goal clearly and allow you to plan. Listing all of your debts will allow you to evaluate them in an orderly manner and this will enable you to plan your debt reduction and elimination strategy clearly.

2 Pay the minimum balance on all debts regularly. Creditors often set a minimum balance that you have to pay regularly on your debt. After you have listed down all of your liabilities, you need to commit yourself to paying their minimum balances regularly. This means that you will be able to slowly reduce all of your debts. However, this is not the main part of the snowball method of debt elimination and reduction.

3 Find out what is the extra amount you can pay. After you have made the minimum payments for all of your listed debts, try to find out if you can spend an extra amount to start paying off your smallest debt. This means that even though you will be reducing all of your debts, your smallest credit will be eliminated much faster than the others, and this has the effect of making you feel that you are getting on top of this thing, and this in turn encourages you to keep going.

4 Repeat the cycle. After you have paid off your smallest debt, use the money you have budgeted for the minimum payments to pay off the next debt on your list. This means that the next debt will be accorded the following amounts:

a The minimum payment for the debt

b The minimum payment for the previous debt

c The extra amount that you can afford

As you can see, the budgeted amount for each debt increases as each debt is paid off. This means that you will be able to pay off larger debts much faster; hence, the snowball effect. By using this method of debt elimination and reduction, you will be able to shave years off your payment schedule.

There is of course a lot more information out there on this subject in such places as your local bookstore and your local library. There are also a number of very helpful Blogs which contain helpful articles on this.

Are there ways to eliminate credit card debt or obtain debt reduction from the high balances and payments? Is it possible to just get your entire debt canceled? Do you really think that there are positive uses of a credit card? Like rebates and airline miles? Let me give you the gospel on this: responsible use of a credit card does not exist. Credit card debt is a major problem in America. We have a need to eliminate debt of any kind! There is NO positive side to credit card use. You will spend more if you use credit cards. Even by paying the bills on time, you are not beating the system! But most families don’t pay on time. The average family today carries $8,000 in credit card debt according to the American Bankers’ Association.

Now let’s talk about the rebates. If you were using a credit card at 5%, you would have had to spend $80,000 to get $4,000 rebates on new cars that lost $6,000 of value when you drove them off the lot. That is not a good deal!Dealing with the enticing of Credit Card Companies that take advantage of consumers by luring them in with low interest, no fees and a high credit line. These banks encourage consumers to charge much saying that they will receive back a small percentage of interest as a savings when the banks receive from the consumers twenty percent interest or more on the purchases made.Think about Cash vs. Credit Cards when purchasing!When you pay cash, you can “feel” the money leaving you. This is not true with credit cards. Flipping a credit card up on a counter registers nothing emotionally. If you use credit cards instead of cash you will spend 12-18% more. This is money you could have saved.If you “have to” use plastic, I suggest a debit card. I use them for travel and the occasional convenience of ordering something over the Internet or phone. Other than that, I use cash. Personal finance is 80% behavior. You need to cut out habits that make you spend more.You do not build wealth with credit cards. Use common sense. When you play with a multi-billion dollar industry and you think you’re going to win at their game, you are naive. You cannot beat the credit card companies.The Banks and credit card companies are making millions of dollars off of our purchases and then give us back pennies as an incentive to charge more. How can you eliminate debt using their program?I believe that there are many people who are struggling with credit card debt and see no way out except bankruptcy or debt consolidation. I believe that there is a way to get your debt canceled or reduced to pennies on the dollar. There has to be a new alternative out of debt for the one who does not have the resources to pay their debt.

Credit Card Debt information, debt counseling, debt management, debt consolidation, debt solutions, debt reduction, financial Counseling, debt negotiation, debt relief and being debt free are the many terms we use for saying that we just want our debt canceled.