Home
Log in / Sign Up
    Private Messages   Rules   New User Guide   FAQ   Advertise   Contact Us  
Forum -> Household Management -> Finances
Debt Poll 😬
1  2  Next



Post new topic   Reply to topic View latest: 24h 48h 72h



Do you have non mortgage or car loan debt?
No BH we are comfortable  
 25%  [ 46 ]
No, we are tight but BH pay all our bills each month  
 34%  [ 63 ]
Yes, we carry a CC balance of under 20K  
 9%  [ 17 ]
Yes, we carry a CC balance of over 20K  
 14%  [ 27 ]
Yes, we are behind on tuition payments  
 2%  [ 5 ]
Yes, we owe money to gemachim or private individuals  
 7%  [ 14 ]
Yes, other  
 5%  [ 10 ]
Total Votes : 182



amother
OP  


 

Post Yesterday at 8:27 pm
I always wonder how people afford their lives and if the answer is more nissim or more debt (or both could be true too...) So let's do a poll! With brachos for parnassah b'revach for us all!
Back to top

amother
Daylily


 

Post Yesterday at 8:29 pm
We do have credit card debt but only because we lived on it when my husband was unemployed.
Back to top

amother
Natural  


 

Post Yesterday at 8:29 pm
Kosher Money just did a survey on this topic; you should be able to find the results online.
Back to top

amother
Chambray


 

Post Yesterday at 8:29 pm
You're missing some options. Student loans, combination...

We have a combination of student loans, credit card debt, and owe tuition. But we have a plan how to pay it all up.
Back to top

amother
Yellow


 

Post Yesterday at 8:30 pm
We spend more than we make each month and supplement with dwindling savings. We do not have debt but I fear we will if my husband doesn’t get a better paying job soon.
Back to top

amother
Bergamot


 

Post Yesterday at 8:43 pm
I said yes to cc debt, but really it’s a heloc we took to pay off the credit card debt because the rate Is better
Back to top

amother
  OP  


 

Post Yesterday at 8:57 pm
amother Chambray wrote:
You're missing some options. Student loans, combination...

We have a combination of student loans, credit card debt, and owe tuition. But we have a plan how to pay it all up.

Right I think I would put student loans in the same category as a mortgage or car loan because that can be good or okay debt
Back to top

amother
  OP  


 

Post Yesterday at 8:57 pm
amother Natural wrote:
Kosher Money just did a survey on this topic; you should be able to find the results online.

Cool you have a link to share?
Back to top

amother
Starflower


 

Post Yesterday at 9:07 pm
We're in between the we are comfortable and tight category. We were bh comfortable till recently, but with inflation and the economy we are getting tighter and tighter each month. Less work and more expenses Sad
Back to top

amother
  Natural


 

Post Yesterday at 9:08 pm
amother OP wrote:
Cool you have a link to share?


No
Back to top

amother
Mocha


 

Post Yesterday at 9:54 pm
I don't know how to respond to this poll. We never put more than 2k on cc. We pay all our ccs in full every month. My dh's company uses our personal ccs to make large purchases. They are pretty good about paying it on time and we get the cc points. At any given time they can have as much as 40k on my dh cc. For me it's a little nerve wracking because at the end of the day the debt is in dh name. Dh trusts his employer but you never know. We are doing well bh and can afford to cover the debt in case it does happen but hopefully we won't have to. I always remind dh not to lend people money he cannot afford to lose.
Back to top

amother
Amber


 

Post Yesterday at 10:50 pm
Here’s the kosher money study - https://mcusercontent.com/0c1c....._.pdf
Back to top

amother
Khaki


 

Post Yesterday at 10:53 pm
Multiple unfortunately. (Over 20k cc debt, behind on tuition, plus some private loans)
Back to top

amother
Cobalt


 

Post Yesterday at 10:58 pm
No debt, but not tons of savings and we don’t have a house or pay tuition yet
Back to top

amother
Cinnamon


 

Post Yesterday at 11:00 pm
amother Khaki wrote:
Multiple unfortunately. (Over 20k cc debt, behind on tuition, plus some private loans)


Same
Back to top

Trademark




 
 
    
 

Post Yesterday at 11:00 pm
Do mortgages count as debt?
Back to top

amother
Rainbow


 

Post Yesterday at 11:51 pm
I didn't know how to vote.
The answer is NO, but we're not comfortable (as a euphemism for rich, wealthy) and we're also not tight with paying our bills. We pay our bills each month with a bit leftover which goes into savings for big expenses such as simchos, camp, car repairs, etc. But we live frugally (hand-me-downs, check food prices, plain simchos, old car, no meat except chagim and even then not all meals, etc.) so I wouldn't call us comfortable.
Back to top

amother
Ghostwhite


 

Post Yesterday at 11:55 pm
I chose other. We have 30k in debt to family but we have more than that in stocks and could pay it off if we don't get the money in other ways. I hope to pay it off over the next few years as income goes up. It is debt from monthly expenses being higher than income.
Back to top

amother
Orange


 

Post Today at 12:01 am
amother Ghostwhite wrote:
I chose other. We have 30k in debt to family but we have more than that in stocks and could pay it off if we don't get the money in other ways. I hope to pay it off over the next few years as income goes up. It is debt from monthly expenses being higher than income.


Your family is doing a really nice mitzvah. Essentially all the money you are making on the stocks is being donated to you by your family members who lent you money interest free to then have you turn around and invest and make money off it.
Back to top

amother
Brunette


 

Post Today at 12:39 am
I can select more than one option..
I selected debt to private and gemachim but we also hav cc debt of over 100k
While we have all this debt, people think we are comfortable and we were even denied coverage from fertility organizations
Back to top
Page 1 of 2 1  2  Next Recent Topics




Post new topic   Reply to topic    Forum -> Household Management -> Finances

Related Topics Replies Last Post
[ Poll ] Master bedroom Linen poll
by amother
65 Yesterday at 9:10 pm View last post
[ Poll ] Washing Linen POLL
by itsokay
30 Mon, Nov 25 2024, 11:36 pm View last post
[ Poll ] Do you talk in the bathroom- POLL
by dena613
23 Mon, Nov 25 2024, 6:54 pm View last post
[ Poll ] S/O How much did it cost to marry off child POLL
by amother
49 Wed, Nov 20 2024, 10:00 am View last post
CC Debt Consolidation
by amother
8 Mon, Nov 18 2024, 11:16 pm View last post