If bad credit has happened to you, there is something you can do about it Feeling broke and battered? We know the feeling―heck, everyone knows it. According to the Wall Street Journal, 110 million Americans have bad credit―almost 50% of the adult population. But we don't have to be depressed or discouraged about it. There is life after bad credit. In fact, there's even life during bad credit. Living Well with Bad Credit is the right help at the right time. If you're bravely soldiering on despite your finances going south, this informative book is for you. It puts the emphasis on living with bad credit―and living well. Veteran journalist Geoff Williams (AOL' s personal finance blog WalletPop, CNNMoney.com, Bankrate.com) and media powerhouse Chris Balish, an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and author (Living Well Without a Car), have teamed up to bring readers: • Usable tips on how to embrace, and even benefit from, a low credit score • Invaluable advice for dealing with 'lifestyle' events such as how to buy a car or qualify for a credit card with bad credit • Interviews with dozens of experts and successful professionals who share ideas on how to live with the negative effects of bad credit • Practical discussion on topics that go beyond finance, such as healing self-esteem and building relationships in spite of bad credit While bad credit can be a setback, it doesn't have to be a roadblock. This expert guide is just the ticket to a better life once again

Living Well With Bad Credit: Buy a House, Start a Business, and Even Take a Vacation - No Matter How Low Your Credit Score

Business & Money

Williams, Geoff

Balish, Chris

Personal Finance

You don't need to own a car to live well in America. In fact, you'd probably be better off without one. In this groundbreaking guide, award-winning journalist Chris Balish exposes the true costs of car ownership and shows how car-free living can put anyone on the path to financial freedom. Using the book's car cost worksheet, first figure out how much owning a car really costs-you'll be surprised. Then, see how easy it is to transition to a car-free or car-lite lifestyle using Chris's strategies for commuting, running errands, taking trips, dating, socializing, and more. You'll also find hundreds of tips and success stories from car-free people in cities and suburbs across America. Without car payments, rising gas prices, and traffic jams to worry about, you'll have more money and leisure time to spend as you choose. Discover why getting rid of your car may be the soundest and sanest lifestyle change you can make. Reviews View a video clip from NBC's Today Show: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25609661/ "Chris Balish offers a mix of the practical-a worksheet to figure out a car's total cost and impact-as well as the horrifying: The average American walks just 300 yards a day." —Sierra Magazine "If ever there was a practical inducement to get out of the car trap, this is it. For the multitude of Americans stuck in traffic and spending thousands of dollars a year on their cars, Chris's lively and pragmatic step-by-step solutions provide a way out." —Jane Holtz Kay, author of Asphalt Nation "Chris Balish's book can help environmentally conscious Americans live their values. If you're concerned about pollution and global warming, follow the program in these pages. There can be life without a car. And a good life at that!" —Ed Begley, Jr., actor and environmental activist "[Chris Balish's] prescriptions are feasible and most important, reasonable." —San Antonio Express News "Even if living car-free or car-lite isn't for you, you'll still learn a lot from this book. I did." —Michelle Singletary, Washington Post Listen to Chris Balish talk about living car-free in Los Angeles on NPR's Morning Edition.

How to Live Well Without Owning a Car: Save Money, Breathe Easier, and Get More Mileage Out of Life

Economics

Ten Speed Press+

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