overwhelmed with managing money
Date: Wed, 08/01/2012 - 11:17
My wife and I have been married 12 years and have been in debt the entire time. We have mortgage payment, 2 car payments, accounts in collections and still owe toward our student loans from college. We both have decent jobs and know that we can fix this, but we just can't seem to even get started. I am very motivated to fix this and although my wife wants to be out of debt she is not as motivated. She has been primarily in charge of our finances and takes it personally when I want to discuss our problems. I am so stressed because I want a good credit score, savings, and we will have our first child going to college in just 6 years. It overwhelms me to think that I could still have 30,000 + in student loans when my child starts college. We don't have any current credit cards but have several that are in collections now. I'm just looking for any advice, suggestions, support, encouragment to get the ball rolling on this. Thanks!
Please list out all your debt. Collection accounts (and who t
Please list out all your debt.
Collection accounts (and who the original creditor was/is)
Student Loans
Car Payments
Monthly bills (utilities, insurance, groceries, cable, cell phones, gas, etc.)
Other bills
Also, are you paying on any of these collection accounts?
How much do you make monthly?
How much are you saving monthly?
You let us know everything related to your debts. There is alway
You let us know everything related to your debts. There is always the need for every bit of motivation, but getting the ball to roll will require information that we have to work our heads on :)
@Daniel - the original post was from August! Why respond to that
@Daniel - the original post was from August! Why respond to that?
