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In Search of the Elusive Zero-Percent Interest Rate Credit Card

"Free money": If you have good enough credit, chances are you get offered it all the time, through no-interest credit card offers. Here are the best ways to take advantage.

Credit Card Debt Payoff: How She Shed $32,000 in 22 Months

In 2008, when the foreclosure crisis was raging, Simone Griffin spent her days counseling homeowners behind on their mortgage payments, and her nights worrying about the precarious state of her own finances: $32,000 in debt on two credit cards. Then came her "scared straight" moment.