No matter how you cut it, debt is a very real part of our world, as much as we try to live on a budget. According to a recent ...

Living debt-free is a common goal, but it's no easy feat if you're living paycheck to paycheck. While nobody wants to be saddled with debt, paying off the money you owe at the expense of putting ...

Many of us may feel like it is impossible to live without debt because of the way certain purchase experiences are structured in our society. For big-ticket items like cars, higher education and ...

Learn how to live debt free—or at least get close. Here are 5 steps to help you minimize debt and build a better financial future.

Here are ways to take control of your debt, including tips from three people who tackled debt early on and now live debt-free.

When income is tight, putting purchases or even bill payments on a credit card or taking out a loan may seem unavoidable. However, staying in debt is a clear way to slow or prevent most of your ...

Readers have a lot of questions about how Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar manage to raise their 17 kids without going broke. Here, the busy couple fields questions about living debt-free, preparing ...

Steve and Lucille Martin's personal finances looked immaculate. They carried no credit-card debt, had just five years left on their 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and invested the maximum in their ...

Credit has become so essential to survival that 20 million American households do not expect to ever live debt-free, according to a new survey by consumer research firm Mintel.