Gerri Detweiler

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Gerri Detweiler focuses on helping people understand their credit and debt, and writes about those issues, as well as financial legislation, budgeting, debt recovery and savings strategies. She is also the co-author of Debt Collection Answers: How to Use Debt Collection Laws to Protect Your Rights, and Reduce Stress: Real-Life Solutions for Solving Your Credit Crisis as well as host of TalkCreditRadio.com.

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Getting Bad Credit Advice?
How to Make Sure You’re Getting Good Credit Advice
When you get advice from a lender or loan officer about your cred... read more

July 4, 2014

Credit 101

Help! How Do I Convince the Credit Bureau I'm Alive?
How Do I Convince a Credit Bureau I’m Alive?
Although most of us who check our credit reports are doing it to ... read more

July 2, 2014

Uncategorized

5 Reasons Students & Parents Have Too Much Student Loan Debt
5 Avoidable Student Loan Mistakes
The rising cost of higher education is one reason why so many stu... read more

July 2, 2014

Student Loans

The New American Dream: Getting Out of Debt
The New American Dream: Getting Out of Debt
What does the American Dream look like today? For a quarter of Am... read more

July 1, 2014

Uncategorized

Getting Out of Debt Saved Our Marriage
Getting Out of Debt Saved Our Marriage
When Ellie Kay married her husband, Bob, over two decades ago she... read more

June 30, 2014

Managing Debt

moving mistake
The Little-Known Moving Mistake That Will Cost You Big
You’re moving? Be careful. Once you’ve managed to get all you... read more

June 26, 2014

Credit 101