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

You don't have to feel like you're drowning. This is the game plan you can use to deplete debt from your balances so you can ...

In this series, NerdWallet interviews people who have triumphed over debt using a combination of commitment, budgeting and smart financial choices. Their stories may even inspire you to pay off your ...

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 ...

A MUM has revealed how she got herself out of £20,000 of debt in the space of just two years. Mercedes Smithson, a mum-of-two ...

"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 ...

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 ...

A 55-year-old woman with a fully paid-off home, $1 million inheritance, and a $500,000 401(k) asked a question that lit up ...

Learn the best strategies for whittling down what you owe, depending on how much debt you have. This page includes information about these cards, currently unavailable on NerdWallet. The information ...

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