From 2015 to 2017, Naseema McElroy paid off nearly $1 million in debt. Now, she's saving aggressively in pursuit of financial ...

These moves can help you avoid years of back-breaking interest.

If your goal is peace of mind, paying what's owed can feel like a weight lifted. You eliminate collection calls and remove ...

"Less ideal debt" is for buying an asset that drops in value, like a car loan, or has a high interest rate, like credit cards. "Necessary debt" is used to buy an asset that can rise in value, like a ...

The “debt avalanche” method prioritizes saving money on interest by focusing on the highest interest rate debt first while ...

Pay-for-delete promises to erase collection debt from your credit report, but the results of this strategy can vary.

When 31-year-old Priscilla Jones completed her MFA in film in 2011, she was left with a total of $96,000 of student loan debt from both her undergraduate and graduate studies. (She requested that we ...

In this series, NerdWallet interviews people who have triumphed over debt. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Paying off debt isn’t always a linear journey. For Sonia Sears, a social ...

Marriage and money rarely align perfectly, especially when childhood experiences shape opposing financial philosophies. When ...

“The money is coming from the proceeds of the sale of a family home.” ...