From 2015 to 2017, Naseema McElroy paid off nearly $1 million in debt. Now, she's saving aggressively in pursuit of financial ...

After 2 ½ years of grinding through 60-hour workweeks, a nurse earning a household income of about $225,000 says he and his wife have paid off roughly $160,000 in debt. The list is long: $60,000 in ...

A 55-year-old woman with a fully paid-off home, $1 million inheritance, and a $500,000 401(k) asked a question that lit up ...

In this series, NerdWallet interviews people who have triumphed over debt. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Paying off debt isn’t always a linear journey. For Sonia Sears, a social ...

In this series, NerdWallet interviews people who have triumphed over debt using a combination of commitment, budgeting and smart financial choices. Their stories may even inspire you to pay off your ...

When 31-year-old Priscilla Jones completed her MFA in film in 2011, she was left with a total of $96,000 of student loan debt from both her undergraduate and graduate studies. (She requested that we ...

"Less ideal debt" is for buying an asset that drops in value, like a car loan, or has a high interest rate, like credit cards. "Necessary debt" is used to buy an asset that can rise in value, like a ...