Posts Tagged ‘beyond’

Relocating? Think beyond dollars, cents

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Dear Dr. Don,
I’ll soon be graduating from college and will (hopefully) be comparing job offers in the next few months.

I’ve been looking at Web sites with cost-of-living calculators, and I was wondering how heavily they should influence my decision on a job offer. I will rent an apartment for at least five to seven years, and it seems like the difference between two cities in rent is not as great as the difference in the cost

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Credit damage may last beyond 7 years

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Dear Dr. Don,
When a negative account on my credit report is more than 7 years old, why does it continue to show on my credit report? A divorce put me in a terrible financial position, and even after all these years, and even after paying the bad debts off, they still remain on my credit report. How can I get them off?
Denise Denouement
Dear Denise,
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