In the world of personal finance, payday loans have become the symbol of ultimate financial distress. The payday loan industry suffers from a poor reputation rivaled only by the tobacco industry. Lately, I’ve done a fair amount of research on the economics behind short-term cash advances. In the course of that research, [...]
As much good as he does, Dave Ramsey drives me nuts with his views on debt. Dave Ramsey, as he readily admits, did some really stupid things with debt. Leveraged to the hilt on bad real estate deals, he went bust in a way most of us could never imagine. Even as [...]
The M-Network is currently doing a series highlighting Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps for getting out of debt and getting your life on the right track financially. You can read about all of the steps over on Cash Money Life who kicked things off with a great introduction. As other members of the network add [...]