Comments on: Some Pretty Explosive $$$ Stats!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:57:00 +0000

In reply to Teresa.

Interesting insight :)

And I hear ya on the credit score stuff… I pay attention, but don’t go out of my way to improve it or anything unless a large purchase like a house is on its way as unfortunately creditors still care about it :(

By: Teresa

Teresa — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:06:32 +0000

Hey all….as a manager of an office and the hiring authority, I cannot tell you of how many times I have passed up a highly educated but totally-lacking common sense applicant who wants to start out at 50K per year because they have student debt. Super tragic. I am looking for someone that cares about the public and our clients, knows who they are, is motivated and wants to make a difference instead of having entitlement issues. Incredibly enough, I find that a lot of my scholastic achievers use up all their leave as soon as they earn it and am now convinced that a person’s leave balance is a great predictor of their credit score….why? Because it comes down to immediate gratification and the kiss of death for those who have any available credit. Seems like they have to use it NOW. For the record, I rarely use credit anymore and don’t care about my credit score because a great credit score means I am a properly trained generator of interest….

By: Wade

Wade — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 00:05:12 +0000

To everyone that would rather have 1 million and a bad credit score – go borrow a million and you’ll most likely have what you said – a million and a bad credit score.

Are you sure?

(Always remember that 76% of statistics are made up on the spot – including that one.)

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 14:19:43 +0000

Just being graduate from a good school is plus. And, I think experience and skills can set you apart from the rest and give you an edge. I know so many people who do not come from school belonging to ivy league, but they are now working with people from those ivy league schools. It’s really about dedication and skills.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:33:23 +0000

In reply to Jessica @ The Finance Spa. hey! I think you've figured it out now since I see a pic of you here, but for any others reading this all you need to do is go to Gravatar.com and you can then attach any pics to any emails of yours which will then carry over whenever you leave comments around the web (or at least on WP blogs). Pretty cool!

By: Jessica @ The Finance Spa

Jessica @ The Finance Spa — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:37:18 +0000

In reply to Jessica @ The Finance Spa. I'm going completely off topic but, how do you get an image in the profile picture?

By: Jessica @ The Finance Spa

Jessica @ The Finance Spa — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:35:51 +0000

I was totally thinking “why wouldnt people want good credit over money?’ and completely missed the point: When FI YOU DO NOT NEED CREDIT to pay for things, nor do you want to use credit therefore you do not need a credit score and so TAKE THE MILLION $$! Derp!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 23:39:35 +0000

In reply to Stephen.

Yeah – you can do a lot with a million dollars. And your credit score will be the last thing on your mind, haha…

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 01:32:08 +0000

Give me the million dollars over the credit score anyday! I can rebuild a credit score with that much money! I can’t believe some people.

I’m surprised at the secure check when shopping online, I would have guess like 90% of people don’t check for that. I know I do only on occasion.

By: ZJ Thorne

ZJ Thorne — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:04:25 +0000

The idea of moving just for money and leaving behind everything and everyone you love always rubs me wrong.

I would also go ahead and trade my credit score for $1m.