Master Your Debt: Slash Your Monthly Payments and Become Debt FreeISBN: 978-0-470-48424-1
Hardcover
224 pages
January 2010
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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction Master or Victim? You Decide ix
Chapter 1 How Did We Get Here? And Where Are We? 1
Chapter 2 Find Out Where You Stand 11
Chapter 3 Other People Are Grading You, Too 25
Chapter 4 Avoiding a Modern-Day Identity Crisis 45
Chapter 5 Win the New Mortgage Game 55
Chapter 6 Mortgage Free in Five to Seven Years 73
Chapter 7 Credit Cards: Just Because It’s Called MasterCard Doesn’t Mean It’s the Boss of You 85
Chapter 8 Car Deals: Making Sure You’re in the Driver’s Seat 113
Chapter 9 An Education in College Costs 127
Chapter 10 Don’t Let Bad Luck Derail Your Finances 145
Chapter 11 Surviving Bankruptcy 169
Chapter 12 Debt Strategies for Every Age 177
Chapter 13 Permanent Mastery, Going Forward 183
Appendix Resources 189
About the Author 203
Index 205