Welcome to the February 14, 2011 Edition of the Carnival of Credit Score and Debt, the Valentine’s Day Edition. This is the third edition of the blog carnival, and we really appreciate everyone’s support and helping to make it such a big success right off the bat. We really appreciate it.
Editor’s Choice
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Craig/FFB presents How Can I Improve My Credit Score? 8 Ways to Increase Your Rating posted at Free From Broke, saying, “If you need help with your credit score then take a look at these 8 ways you can improve your score.”
Michael Pruser presents How and Why You Can Freeze Your Credit posted at The Dough Roller, saying, “Freezing your credit is a necessary evil when you’re a victim of Identity Theft. We’ve got a few ways to minimize the costs for you.”
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Balance Transfer Credit Card Tips, Facts and Traps posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Some tips and helpful discussion on balance transfer cards.”
Credit Cards
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successras presents 0 Balance Transfer Credit Cards posted at 0 Balance Transfer Credit Cards.
Evelyn Dugan presents Should College Students Own Credit Cards? posted at Earn A Degree Online.
CreditCardGuru presents Hyatt Credit Card Review posted at credit card forum [the blog], saying, “An honest review of the newly launched Hyatt credit card and its sign-up promotion, which is easily worth hundreds of dollars.”
Michael presents SimplyCash® Business Card from American Express OPEN Review posted at Consumerism Commentary, saying, “The SimplyCash Business Card from AMEX is one of the best business credit cards on the market today, with 5% cash back and no annual fee.”
Janet presents Super Bowl XLV: Short on Credit Card Commercials posted at Credit Cards Canada, saying, “This year’s Super Bowl was lacking in credit card commercials.”
Ask Mr. CC presents California Bars Zip Code Requests From Credit Card Transactions posted at Ask Mr Credit Card.
Jim Yih presents New credit card measures coming in Canada posted at Retire Happy Blog, saying, “One of the biggest changes is banks will be required to include information on your credit card statements about the true cost of borrowing.”
Moneywalks presents Credit Card Debt Consolidation ? The Why?s and How?s posted at moneywalks.
Credit Scores
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Charles Tran presents Why Your Credit Score Affects Your Insurance Rates posted at CreditDonkey.com Tips, saying, “A bad credit score can keep you from getting a good job or a great mortgage rate. It can also, though, affect your insurance rates.”
MoneyThinking presents Credit Check: Hard Pulls vs. Soft Pulls posted at Money Thinking.
Debt
Olivia Marie Jones presents Stop Financing Your Insecurities posted at Our World Revisited.
Tommy John presents Strategies for Settling Tax Debt | 2010 Taxes posted at 2010Taxes, saying, “Setting up an installment agreement with the IRS is the most accessible means to pay off outstanding tax debt.”
MoneyNing presents Want to Buy Something? Save, Don’t Borrow! posted at Money Ning, saying, “The title says it all! Don’t get into debt!”
PT presents Debt Settlement Options posted at Prime Time Money, saying, “PT Money explores the options available to consumers who are in need of extra help in getting out debt and outlines the new FTC measures intended to protect debtors from bad debt companies.”
Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog presents Repaying Debt: Can’t Stay Motivated? posted at The Canadian Finance Blog, saying, “A real issue for people repaying debt is staying motivated when they rather than spending it on things they’d rather be spending it on.”
Mortgages
Judy Blackburn presents No Doc Mortgage Basics posted at Debt Consolidation, saying, “No doc loans were invented back in the subprime mortgage days but are still available to some self-employed individuals.”
Adam Park presents 30 Best Blogs for Recent Grads Saddled With Debt | OEDb posted at OEDb: Online Education Database.
Ann Douglas presents 7 Simple Tips for First Time Home Buyers posted at DoorFly.com.
That concludes this edition. Thanks to everyone for submitting their articles. Don’t forget to submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Credit Score and Debt using our carnival submission form. At the blog’s home page, you can find links to past posts and future hosts. If you would like to host a future edition, shoot me and email Hank [at] CreditScore.net.
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