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Smart Budgeting for the Holidays
Special contribution to RentReporters blog By: Sue Katz, American Consumer Credit Counseling It’s that time of year again: the holiday season! To save for the holidays, it’s best to start putting away money right after the holiday season for the next year. If you didn’t start last year, do not…
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Responsible Spending on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
With the holidays just around the corner and two of the biggest shopping days ahead -- Black Friday and Cyber Monday -- now is a good time to reinforce good spending habits during this shopping-intensive time of year. In particular, if you’re worried about finances from a job loss or…
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Credit Repair - 4 mins read
Should You Work With Debt Collectors or Your Original Creditor?
When debt collectors come calling, it’s time to settle up. Once an unpaid debt is sent to collections, it can be damaging to your credit if you don’t take care of it right away. Collections agencies -- while not ideal -- are not out to get you or financially ruin…
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Personal Finance - 4 mins read
What They Don’t Teach You in School: Money Management and Laying Out Your SMART GOALS (Part 2)
Special contribution to RentReporters blog By: Sue Katz, American Consumer Credit Counseling In my last blog post we discussed how to set SMART goals. What are SMART goals? The acronym stands for Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic and Timely. Today we’ll discuss how to get in action to meet those goals. To…
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Personal Finance - 5 mins read
What They Don’t Teach You in School: Money Management and Laying out your SMART GOALS (Part 1 of 2)
Special contribution to RentReporters blog By: Sue Katz, American Consumer Credit Counseling Money management is a skill that we all believe we possess but few of us have ever been taught where and how to begin. I consider myself lucky to have grown up in the 60’s-70’s, a time where…
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Missed Our Webinar? Tips For Managing Your Money During a Crisis
Last week we hosted a webinar featuring Amy Thomann, Head of Consumer Credit Education with TransUnion, Sue Katz, American Consumer Credit Counseling Community Outreach Coordinator and Certified Credit Counselor & Educator, as well as RentReporters CEO John Simpson. The webinar offered several tips for managing your money - and credit…
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Credit Education - 5 mins read
The FICO Resilience Index – What You Need to Know
The FICO Resilience Index is a new credit rating that, while it has been in the making for many years, was recently released due to the economic downturn caused by COVID-19. This newest FICO index was created to help lenders better measure a person’s ability to keep their financial obligations…
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Landlords - 6 mins read
If your tenants can’t pay rent, there are ways you can help – both them and you.
The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a huge toll on the physical, mental and financial health of people across the U.S. Unemployment is at a near-record high and millions of Americans are in extreme financial distress -- unable to pay their rent or mortgage because of loss of income. We have…
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Credit Education , Personal Finance - 6 mins read
Webinar take-aways: How to protect your credit in challenging times
Last week we hosted a webinar featuring Amy Thomann, Head of Consumer Credit Education with TransUnion, about how to protect your credit during financial hardship. We talked about steps you can take right away to help keep your credit intact - or even improve it - in today’s challenging economic climate.…
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Worried About Your Credit Score During COVID-19? Here Are 5 Steps to Take Today.
We recently surveyed 500 renters across the country and -- not surprisingly -- found out that most people are concerned about their credit score with the current Covid-19 pandemic. Not only are people concerned about their credit rating during these difficult times, but about half of the respondents told us…