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Old Apr 19, 2016, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by kindness View Post
1) Pay yourself first (don't pay your bills chronologically and see what's remaining in the last week of each month).

2) Do NOT take out a small loan. That will increase your debt, and the interest rate will be high. It's also a hard credit pull, so your credit worthiness will decrease.
Seconded. You will be sorry. Maybe for a long time.

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Originally Posted by dwfieldjr View Post
Maybe when the collections call you could say something like "I have this amount could we settle on that because I don't have anymore" I have heard of people doing something like that on the Clark Howard and Dave Ramsey show. Maybe that's a start maybe not.

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Yes, the old saying is you can't get blood from a turnip? They would rather have what you can pay than get nothing at all.
Finally.. I don't think I'd count on moving in w/ bf as a bailout. If he borrows money now he will borrow money then.