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Deal With Your Debt: The Right Way To Manage Your Bills And Pay Off What You Owe Paperback – January 1, 2005

by Liz Pulliam Weston (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
Most people carry debt for most of their adult lives. Yet, most books on debt focus mainly on how to pay it all off, and live forever without it. Too often, following that advice leads only to failure. People either give up, or pay off the wrong kinds of debt. They strand themselves with too little flexibility to survive a financial crisis -- and land in bankruptcy court. They neglect saving for retirement, homes, or college, and end up poorer than they might have been. For most people, it’s more realistic -- and smarter -- to control and manage debt effectively, rather than eliminating it completely. Debt Smart shows how. Award-winning personal finance columnist Liz Weston explains the rules and explodes the myths surrounding debt. Discover the crucial role debt can play in a portfolio, identifying debts that actually contribute to wealth and flexibility, while avoiding or eliminating “toxic” debts. Weston presents effective strategies for evaluating, monitoring, and paying every form of debt, from credit cards and mortgages to student and auto loans. She offers practical guidelines for how much debt one should take on. Find realistic (and often surprising) guidance on everything from home equity loans and 401K borrowing to small business loans.
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  1. Print length
    214 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Pearson P T R
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2005
  5. Dimensions
    5.75 x 0.6 x 8.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0131856758
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0131856752
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About the Author

Liz Pulliam Weston is one of MSN Money's most-read columnists and author of the Q&A column Money Talk, which appears in newspapers nationwide, including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the NewarkStar-Ledger. She appears weekly on CNBC's Power Lunch and regularly on other radio and television programs, including NPR's All Things Considered.

An award-winning journalist, Weston is also a graduate of the certified financial planner training program at the University of California, Irvine. She is author of Your Credit Score: How to Fix, Improve, and Protect the 3-Digit Number That Shapes Your Financial Future (Prentice Hall 2004).


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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pearson P T R; 1st edition (January 1, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 214 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0131856758
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0131856752
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.6 x 8.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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Liz Pulliam Weston is the most-read personal finance columnist on the Internet, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. She's also an award-winning, nationally-syndicated personal finance columnist who can make the most complex money topics understandable to the average reader.

Her first book, "Your Credit Score," is the best-selling book on credit scoring and was recently published in a fourth edition. Her other recent books include "The 10 Commandments of Money" and the ebook "There Are No Dumb Questions About Money."

Liz's columns run twice a week on MSN Money, which reaches more than 12 million readers each month. Millions more read her question-and-answer column 'Money Talk,' which appears in newspapers throughout the country, including the Los Angeles Times, the Portland Oregonian, Stars & Stripes and others.

Liz has appeared on "The Dr. Phil Show," "The Today Show" and "CBS Evening News with Brian Williams" and is frequently featured on American Public Media's "Marketplace Money" and NPR's 'Talk of the Nation' and "All Things Considered." She was for several years a weekly commentator on CNBC's "Power Lunch."

Weston is a graduate of the certified financial planner training program at University of California, Irvine. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. She can be reached via her Web site, AskLizWeston.com.

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  • Paul Skinner
    5.0 out of 5 stars great information - but use with caution
    Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2006
    This book is full of great information on high to prioritize your financial life in terms of debt reduction, retirement saving and other saving. But the advice assumes the reader has a fair amount of discipline (i.e., ability to budget and constrain extraneous spending). The book goes into great detail on how to balance debt reduction with maintaining financial flexibility, maintaining good FICO scores, etc. But far too many people who are deeply in debt (and seeking help from books like this) have a spending habit that needs more drastic surgery than this book gives. So, I would say this book gives outstanding advice, but only for a subset of the public who have the right discipline. For many folks, the more drastic "surgery" advocated by cheerleaders like Dave Ramsey will be more effective.
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  • Jason Fasnacht
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good Info, Generally known.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2015
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    Its good information, however if you listen to Marketplace on NPR from APM, where she is occasionally a contributor you will in the course of a year get nearly all the information contained in the book.
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  • J. Sova
    3.0 out of 5 stars Buy one of her books and leave the rest, they are all the same.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2015
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    I like Liz's articles on MSN Money, but her books are all the same. Just a money grab on her part. Buy one of her books and you have them all !
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  • Gerri Detweiler
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough unbaised advice
    Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2006
    I have known Liz Weston for years as a journalist and have always found her to be very thorough and no-nonsense. This book is no exception. It's well researched with unbaised and sensible strategies for dealing with debt. I had the opportunity to interview Liz on my internet radio show EverydayWealthRadio recently about the book and she clearly has great advice on this topic. She addresses things like 401k loan, pros and cons of different types of debt, and the common questions I hear from consumers,
    15 people found this helpful
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  • TJ Graves
    4.0 out of 5 stars The easiest to read, most comprehensive debt book ever
    Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2007
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    I bought three debt books the last time I was at Amazon. They were all good, but this was the most comprehensive in easy to read format and sentences that it made things easy to develop a plan from this book. I already passed it on to two other people.
    9 people found this helpful
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  • Latonya Collins
    5.0 out of 5 stars dealing with your debt rating
    Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2007
    This book is very informative. It gives a lot of useful tips as to how to manage your finances and how to actually deal with your debts. I would recommend this book to anyone who is trying to figure out ways to managing their debts.
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