Index
AARP
Acceleration
Adjustable-rate mortgages
Affordability
American Association of Debt Management Organizations
American Automobile Association (AAA)
American Bankruptcy Institute
American Express
Andrews, Edmund
ArcLoan (automatic rate cut mortgage)
Arnold, Curtis
Assets
Association of Independent Credit Counseling Agencies
Auto loans. See Car loans
Bait and switch
Balance transfers
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Handbook (Ventura)
Bilker, Scott
Bills, prioritizing
Branson, Richard
Brokers, auto
Buxfer
Buyer’s agent
Buying services, cars
Calculators
Cambridge Credit Counseling Corporation
Capital One
Car loans
CarMax
CarQ
Cash, finding
Cash flow analysis
Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Chapter 13 bankruptcy
Chatzky, Jean
Checking accounts
Closing costs
CNN Money
COBRA coverage
Collateral
Collection agents
College costs. See also Student loans
529 college savings account
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Improving Your Credit Score (Epstein)
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Person-to-Person Lending
Compound interest
Consolidation loans
Consumer debt
Consumer Reports
Consumers Direct Association of America
Coverdell Education Savings Account
Credit bureaus
Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009
Credit cards
balances
balance transfers
and bankruptcy
credit lines being cut
double-cycle billing
fees
finding the best card
fine print
how many to have
interest rates
late payments
legislation
minimum payments
payment acceleration
resources
rewards programs
secured
and travel
using to pay for college
web sites
wiping out balances
Credit counseling agencies
Credit freeze
Credit history
Credit lines
Creditors, working with
Credit Repair (Leonard)
Credit reports
Credit scores
access to
improving
and mortgages
rebuilding after bankruptcy
Credit unions
Deal with Your Debt (Weston)
Debit cards
Debt management plan (DMP)
Debtors Anonymous
Debts:
analysis
and bad luck
disputing
paying
problems
restructuring plan
strategies for all ages
true cost of
types of
Debt settlement companies
Deductions, tax
Depreciation
Detweiler, Gerri
Difference, The (Chatzky)
Direct Marketing Association
Do Not Call Registry
Double-cycle billing
EFC (expected family contribution)
Elias, Stephen
Epstein, Lita
Equifax
Equity, home
Equity acceleration
Equity Key
Exchange rates
Expenses
Experian
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
Fannie Mae
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fees
credit cards
HELOCs
mortgages
FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) scores
Finances, mastering
Financial aid, college
Financial assessment, personal
Financial calculators
Financial management programs
Fixed-rate mortgages
Fixed-term loans
Float
Flynn, Kevin
Foreclosures
Foreclosure Survival Guide, The (Elias)
401(k) plans
Fraud alerts
Freddie Mac
Get a Financial Life (Kobliner)
Gill, Harj
Goldberg, Linda
Government, U.S.
college loan payment programs
Grace period
Grander Financial
GreenNote
Green Sherpa
Harmony Loan
Harzog, Beverly Blair
HealthCare Advocates
Health care coverage
Home equity line of credit (HELOC)
and college bills
and credit cards
and mortgage acceleration
using to finance car
using to pay off debts
Home loans. See Mortgages
Homeowner Crisis Resource Center
Homeownership Preservation Foundation
Home Retention Programs
Homestead exemption
Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of
How You Can Profit from Credit Cards (Arnold)
HSH Associates
Hybrid cars
Identity Guard
Identity theft
Income
Installment loans
Institute for Highway Safety
Insurance
health
Interest compounding
Interest rates
IRAs
I Will Teach You to Be Rich (Sethi)
Junk mail
Justice Department, U.S.
Kantrowitz, Mark
Kelly, Keith
Kiplinger Washington Editors
Kobliner, Beth
Lamb, John
Leasing, car
Leonard, Robin
Leverage
Liabilities
Life insurance
Lifelock
Liquidation bankruptcy
Loans. See also specific type, i.e. Car loans, Student loans
Mailing lists
Managing Debt for Dummies (Ventura)
Medical bills
Medicare
Microsoft Money Plus
Mint
Mitric, Scott
Money Merge Account
Money Strands
More Mortgage Meltdown (Tilson)
Mortgage acceleration
Mortgage-backed securities
Mortgage Harmony
Mortgages
adjustable-rate
fees
impact of FICO scores on
loan term
modification plans
paying off early
relief programs
resources
shopping for
types of
upside down
MSN Money
Mutual funds, mortgage-backed
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
National Center for Home Equity Conversion
National Foundation for Credit Counseling
National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association
Net worth
New Bankruptcy, The (Elias)
Nolo Press
No More Mortgage
Overdrafts
Own Your Home Years Sooner (Gill)
Patient Advocate Foundation
Payment history
Peer-to-peer loans
Perkins loans
Personal loans
Plunkett, Travis
PLUS (Parent Loan for Undergraduate Student) loans
Points
PROFILE
Project on Student Debt
Quicken
Quinn, Jane Bryant
Rebates, tax
Reed, Mary
Refinancing:
car loans
mortgages
Reorganization bankruptcy
Resources
Retirement
Retirement plans
Reverse mortgages
Revolving credit
Rewards programs
Rex Company
Risk test
Rocket Lawyer Bankruptcy Center
Roth IRAs
Sallie Mae
Savings
Scholarships
Schumer box
Secured credit cards
Secured loans
Securities, mortgage-backed
Sethi, Ramit
Shared equity arrangements
Short sales
Sileo, John
Smart Option loans
Social Security
Software
Spam
Speed Equity
Stafford loans
Stempler, Robert
Stolen Lives: Identity Theft Protection Made Simple (Sileo)
Stop Debt Collectors (Detweiler)
Stopping Identity Theft (Mitric)
Student loans
Subprime loans
Talk Your Way Out of Credit Card Debt! (Bilker)
Tax credits
Telemarketing
Tilson, Whitney
Time Value Software
Tongue, Glenn
TransUnion
Travel
TrustedID
Truth in Equity
Universal default
VantageScore
Variable-rate loans
Ventura, John
Viale, Christopher
Wealth building
Wesabe
Weston, Liz Pulliam
Westrom, Bill
Your Credit Score (Weston)
Zipcar
Zombie debt