debt

  1. Pete Wrigley

    When You're Debt Free, What Are You Doing First?

    Investing? Putting money away for a house or car? Putting more money towards the mortgage? Fixing things around your house? What brehs?! Tell me! :damn: I'll be kinda "debt free" at the end of the year with just a mortgage. I plan on talking to a financial advisor about investing and...
  2. JadeB

    Father keeps track of every cent spent on her daughter since her birth....

    And expects her to pay him back every cent:dahell:
  3. The Gimp

    Being debt free is the goat feeling brehs

    No credit card debt :jawalrus: No student loan debt :whew: No car payments :blessed: Everything you make on pay checks is gravy and goes in savings :ohlawd: I’m free brehs. I feel light as air nothin holding me down :king:
  4. Ya' Cousin Cleon

    Americans see themselves in debt forever, even as they continue to borrow

    By Martha C. White Although shoppers kept credit card machines busy this holiday season, growing evidence indicates that Americans are starting to feel uneasy about the pile of debt to which we continue to add. A new survey from CreditCards.com finds that more than two in five Americans...
  5. Software

    Pretty young educated sister needs to pay off her loans

    Yall gonna :cape:? She just need the other half paid and she'll be your wife for life Look she even got a lil something back there too :steviej: Yall gonna save her? :lupe:
  6. Crude Abolitionist

    A "return" to debtors’ prisons: Jeff Sessions’ war on the poor

    I put return in quotations cause they been putting people in jail for not paying traffic fines and little bullshyt like suspended drivers licenses and shyt. A return to debtors’ prisons: Jeff Sessions’ war on the poor By reversing numerous longtime rules, Sessions is bringing back...
  7. Jimi Swagger

    Thousands of arrest warrants for lowlevel offenders recalled under directive from SC's chief justice

    Instructions from S.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty (right) has prompted magistrate-level courts statewide to recall arrest warrants. Tens of thousands of South Carolinians wanted for arrest for skipping court dates or blowing off fines might be breathing a sigh of relief as...
  8. Panther

    Paychecks & Balances - Check out this Black personal finance podcast

    Been listening to this show for a while and it's very solid. Show is hosted by 2 brothas and they discuss personal finance and life in corporate america. Paychecks & Balances | Personal Finance & Career Advice Podcast
  9. lowkey0z

    Crushing Student Loan Debt Is Hurting Women the Most (Black Women With The Highest Burden)

    Crushing Student Loan Debt Is Hurting Women the Most | Broadly
  10. Archangel

    Lets Be Honest. Have You Really Ever Used ANY of the stuff You Learned in School?

    Lets go down the list real quick. I'm talking high school and even some college. Algebra :comeon: Trigonometry:what: Pythagorean Theorem:beli: Calculus:martin: When was the last time you were at the job and said to your co-worker "yo we might need to break out the quadratic equations to solve...
  11. Jimi Swagger

    Labor of Love

    A long read but interesting. Breh revitalized the campus, cut tuition costs, lowered student loan debt and actually got students professional experience before graduating/leaving college. Paul Quinn College president Michael Sorrell thinks his work college model can thrive in cities across...
  12. L

    Most Black People in America Make Less than $15 Hour

  13. Afro

    I thought community college was cheaper!?

    I'm trying to take two classes for the summer semester(About three months), get my prereqs done. Composition I Intro to Information Tech I get to the financial aid office and she tells me $1700! I'm like :wtf: The books will cost me around $150 :mindblown: $Almost 2000 for TWO classes...
  14. SheWantTheD

    I Ain't Paying Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars For a Wedding FOH :Camby:

    Why the hell does a wedding cost tens of thousands of dollars goddamn it?! No way it cost that much to rent a place, get photographers, food service, and whatever else. Guess I ain't getting married :manny: Get Married Brehs :scust:
  15. Panther

    Get Out of Debt vs. Starting a Business

    Im going to be coming into a nice lump sum of money soon and have decided that i am either going to start a business or use the funds to get out of debt. :ehh: Opinions welcome, and poll added
  16. onthereal

    Real talk: Getting student loans might be the biggest mistake of my life

    At the tender age of 26 my net worth is $-33,743.17. I don't seek an ounce of pity because I know millions of people have it far worse than I do. But just looking at that number this morning - on the day I received a paycheck from work no less, I realize that as of this moment there is no way I...
  17. Cadillac

    Lil Wayne Slapped with Tax Lien from Florida for 868K. He allegedly now owes $12.8 mil to IRS!

    Lil Wayne's got more lien problems ... this time it involves his 2014 tax bill. Uncle Sam says he did not pay $868,000 in federal taxes that year, according to docs. It's a ton of dough, to most of us, but as tax liens go ... Weezy's seen bigger. He waspreviously hit with a $12 million lien...
  18. ignorethis

    never pay your old debts if you're tryna boost your credit score smh

    I just paid 5k worth of credit and loan debts back from when I was in college, just to find out since the accounts were "charged off" paying the debts off won't help my credit score in anyway pretty much. shyt could only benefit you in a possible case like I'm trying to get a home mortgage and...
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