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Feature: NerdWallet.com – How One Man Dug Out From $30,000 in Debt

April 15, 2017 by Marcus Garrett

For Financial Literacy Month, April 2017, I was lucky to do a phone interview with NerdWallet writer and retail expert/reporter, Courtney Jespersen. You can read the piece, How One Man Dug Out From $30,000 in Debt, which covers 5 debt tips I use and includes a free 50/30/20 budget calculator on their site. Thank you for the continued support.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Debt, Debt Free, NerdWallet

Paychecks and Balances Feature: Black Enterprise

March 26, 2017 by Marcus Garrett

Special shout-out and thanks to writer Janell Hazelwood for our Paychecks and Balances feature in her article, Twitter VIPs: 8 Money Experts to Follow to Upgrade Your Finances, for Black Enterprise magazine online. As Janell says in her piece if you want to better your personal finances and improve your financial health in 2017, “Add these superstars to your ‘Get My Money Right’ list for financial freedom.”

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Paychecks and Balances Feature: USA Today Money

March 26, 2017 by Marcus Garrett

We met NerdWallet personal finance expert and writer, Amrita Jayakumar, at FinCon16. Proving the theory “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know” we were fortunate that she thought of us again in 2017 when she was putting together an article on personal finance gurus for an upcoming piece. While both Rich and I continue to debate who is the ‘guru’ half of the show, we were happy to be considered with so many other great and talented individuals. You can read the article, African-American Financial Gurus to Follow, on NerdWallet.com and USATodayMoney.

Filed Under: Articles, Podcast Tagged With: Debt Free, NerdWallet, Personal Finance, Podcast

#CreditChat with Experian

December 26, 2016 by Marcus Garrett

Source: Experian.com
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Join @PayBalances on Twitter as we guest-host #CreditChat Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 3pm EST with Experian.com. We’ll be discussing our 2017 Financial Goals! For details and more information, visit the Experian Blog.

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Guest Feature: VSB

October 25, 2016 by Marcus Garrett

One of the favorite stories and/or most confused question from readers of the book is, “how in the ever living hell did you get into $26,000 in debt in one weekend?” Thanks to VSB, I was able to tell the full story and wrap-up with a few tips for how not to make the same mistakes 23-year-old me made. Check it out here: How I Got $26,000 in Debt in One Weekend.

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