by Lori Atwood | Mar 28, 2017 | Financial Fitness
I see this all the time in my practice. Clients come to me with some credit card debt. Usually, it is spread over more than one credit card and sometimes it is just one. They want to pay their credit cards down. Great, I say, and we figure out how much they can...
by Lori Atwood | Apr 21, 2015 | Financial Fitness
I had not thought of this as a topic since it’s a pretty small aspect of your overall credit profile, but I get asked this question so often, I figured other people might be wondering the same thing. Do you pay the “Last Statement Purchases” or “Outstanding Balance”...
by Lori Atwood | Dec 10, 2014 | Financial Fitness
Following my post from last week about maintaining your finances through the holidays, today I wanted to talk about maintaining your financial sanity through the holidays with my top 5 ways to keep your holiday gift buying sane. Try not to fall victim to the pressure,...
by Lori Atwood | Nov 4, 2014 | Financial Fitness
I’m sure all of you have heard commercials for or received emails about Identity Theft Services like LifeLock or IDGuard and thought, “I’m afraid of having my identity stolen, maybe I need that?” Well, it’s seems reasonable enough, but actually, it’s NOT WORTH paying...
by Lori Atwood | Aug 26, 2014 | Financial Fitness
It seems transferring balances to 0% credit card offers is the new black this year. I have a lot of clients who are doing it. In some cases, it makes a lot of sense to move high interest balances to a zero percent card offer to save on interest charges if you know it...