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Hi I'm 20 years old in about 10,000 in debt. It's like 6,000 in student loans and the rest are little things that add up like hospital bills and like 3 credit cards that are each like 500. I did all this when I was 18 and I moved out on my own. Now that I'm 20 and I have the money to fix all this I don't know where to start to get all this paid off can you help.


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Start with the bills and credit cards that have the highest interest rate.
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Chat live with a Conquest Resolutions Representative

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Have your credit report pulled so that you can get account numbers, phone numbers, balances, etc.
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Hi Juli,

Good for you for taking charge of this! The first thing I would suggest you do is make sure you are caught up with your student loans. They get very expensive if you default. There is also a new program called IBR that can help with student loans and information is available at ibrinfo.org.

The next thing you should do is make a list of the other debts and how much you can pay on them. Start contacting the companies to see what you can do to resolve them. If you don't have enough money to pay them all in full, it's OK to offer settlements for less than the full amount. Since your credit is already damaged, you won't improve them by paying them in full. (Of course if you can pay in full, you should.)

Finally, make sure you are monitoring your credit reports so everything is reported correctly. Paying an old bill won't mean it is removed from your file, but it should be updated with a zero balance once it's paid.

Hope this helps!
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Pay off the highest interest rate debts first --- most likely your credit cards.  If your hospital bills are substantial, call up the hospital and try to negotiate a lower balance and give them monthly payments.  Your student loans, especially if they are with Sallie Mae, are probably the lowest interest rates and will affect your credit rating the least as long as you make regular payments. 
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My life was a mess before I got  credit card counseling . Don't underestimate what credit card relief can do for you.

Pay off the credit cards which charge the most interest. You'll end up saving money in doing so. Make small payments on your student loan while you are paying the rest off but since student loans do not affect your credit score, I wouldn't worry as much about those.
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Thank you so much for your answer it helped alot
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Longhorns Find It Easy to Stay Focused

by Terrance Harris Filed under: Kansas , Texas , Big 12 AUSTIN, Texas -- University of Texas coach Mack Brown usually doesn't like to live in the past, but this week he broke out some old film for his team. He showed the Longhorns how teams from 2006 and 2007 finished in comparison to 2005, when Texas won the BCS national title, and last season when many agree the 12-1 Longhorns should have been given the opportunity to compete for the national championship. Brown's point to his second-ranked,10-0 squad is simple: stay focused these last two regular-season games, the Big 12 championship game in two weeks, and then biggest of prizes await the Texas Longhorns in Pasadena. A slip up anywhere between now and the Jan. 7 BCS national championship game will lead to great disappointment for Texas.Longhorns Find It Easy to Stay Focused originally appeared on Fanhouse NCAA Football Blog on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:10:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Ohio State-Michigan Game 2009: Live Twitter...

by Michael David Smith Filed under: Michigan , Ohio State The Ohio State-Michigan game has always been my personal favorite college football rivalry, dating back to my days as a 5-year-old living near Ann Arbor and worshiping Bo Schembechler. OSU vs. Michigan 2009 doesn't figure to be one of the legendary games -- it might not even be a very good game -- but I'll be watching, and I'll be tweeting my observations while I watch. And since I'm a sucker for rivalry games, I'll also be tweeting about lesser rivalries like the Harvard-Yale game as well. Follow along below or follow me on Twitter @MichaelDavSmith .Ohio State-Michigan Game 2009: Live Twitter Updates originally appeared on Fanhouse NCAA Football Blog on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:05:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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