{"id":135,"date":"2010-12-07T14:47:53","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T19:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/index.php?option=com_wordpress&amp;p=135&amp;Itemid=13"},"modified":"2010-12-07T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T19:47:53","slug":"debt-management-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/2010\/12\/07\/debt-management-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Debt Management Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThe best debt management tip is to not have debt at all, but to be realistic, that is never the case. Whether it\u2019s your mortgage, credit card bills, and monthly expenses, it is hard to avoid debt. So what is important? Here are a few debt management tips to consider.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See where your money is going and how much is coming in.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be aware of monthly expenses. Keeping track of credit card purchases, utility bills, your mortgage and so on.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pay off major credit card debit first like bills with appliances, home improvement renovations, and furniture. Before you sign up for another credit card, it is important to see what your options are before you borrow and read the fine print.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be sure to have a plan. Plan out how much money will go to each expense and payment.<\/p>\n<p>Debt may be hard to avoid, but it can be easy to manage.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best debt management tip is to not have debt at all, but to be realistic, that is never the case. Whether it\u2019s your mortgage, credit card bills, and monthly expenses, it is hard to avoid debt. So what is important? Here are a few debt management tips to consider. 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See where your money &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/2010\/12\/07\/debt-management-tips\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Debt Management Tips&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,6],"tags":[45,58,146,156,309,312],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}