Debt-Free for the Holidays: Celebrating Gift Giving

Debt-Free for the Holidays

It is that time again.  Time to show our love for the people in our lives.  The holidays encourage us to show our love in a tangible way.  It would be wonderful for our kids to have that game or toy that they have been wanting since it came out.  Our love will be present for them at a whole new level.

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Lynell Green is an Entrepreneur and business professional with over 25 years of business and real estate experience. After graduating from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Accounting, Lynell was part of the Audit team at Coopers & Lybrand and went on to take various financial positions in the entertainment sector. She has been involved in numerous entrepreneurial endeavors including owning Bread of Life Christian Bookstore, JC Enterprises and numerous real estate ventures.  She graduated from USC’s Ross Minority Real Estate Program where she found her passion for land use and how it impacts the lives of people.  She is the President of the Lynell Real Estate Group where the mission is to build, restore and sell real estate to create financial freedom for investors and improve the quality of life in the communities she works in.  She also teaches courses to improve financial literacy and to encourage people to pursue their dreams as a means to financial independence.

Debt-Free for the Holidays - When Living Expenses Create Debt

DEBT-FREE FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Don’t beat yourself up. Don’t make yourself wrong. You may have gotten in over your head and you started using credit cards to pay your rent or your mortgage. You may be using credit cards to pay your car note and your utilities. You may be buying food for your family on credit. You may be using credit cards to pay other credit card bills.

You may not see any other way to manage your obligations right now.

Times may be tough but you can’t put your head in the sand.

5 Steps to get started:

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Lynell Green's picture

Lynell Green is an Entrepreneur and business professional with over 25 years of business and real estate experience. After graduating from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Accounting, Lynell was part of the Audit team at Coopers & Lybrand and went on to take various financial positions in the entertainment sector. She has been involved in numerous entrepreneurial endeavors including owning Bread of Life Christian Bookstore, JC Enterprises and numerous real estate ventures.  She graduated from USC’s Ross Minority Real Estate Program where she found her passion for land use and how it impacts the lives of people.  She is the President of the Lynell Real Estate Group where the mission is to build, restore and sell real estate to create financial freedom for investors and improve the quality of life in the communities she works in.  She also teaches courses to improve financial literacy and to encourage people to pursue their dreams as a means to financial independence.

Debt-Free for the Holidays: The Road to Financial Freedom

Debt-Free for the Holidays

When you examine your financial health, it is important that you are clear about what financial freedom is for you.  It is a very personal goal and you want to be clear about your vision for your financial future.  Where do you want to be in five years financially?  10 years?  It is also critical that you and your partner are on the same page.  We all know that financial issues are one of the key conflicts that destroy relationships.

So where do you start?

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Lynell Green's picture

Lynell Green is an Entrepreneur and business professional with over 25 years of business and real estate experience. After graduating from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Accounting, Lynell was part of the Audit team at Coopers & Lybrand and went on to take various financial positions in the entertainment sector. She has been involved in numerous entrepreneurial endeavors including owning Bread of Life Christian Bookstore, JC Enterprises and numerous real estate ventures.  She graduated from USC’s Ross Minority Real Estate Program where she found her passion for land use and how it impacts the lives of people.  She is the President of the Lynell Real Estate Group where the mission is to build, restore and sell real estate to create financial freedom for investors and improve the quality of life in the communities she works in.  She also teaches courses to improve financial literacy and to encourage people to pursue their dreams as a means to financial independence.

Debt-Free Holidays: Sell Your Crap. Pay Your Debt. Do What You Love.

Debt-Free for the Holidays

Adam Baker is committed to causing a movement. A movement that breaks the cycle of collecting things and making our life about funding and financing those things. When I first watched this TEDxAsheville video, I was reminded about the debate I had with myself when I moved from Southern California to Northern California. I wanted to put everything I thought I might want later in storage, just in case. Then I asked myself, “In case of what?”

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About The Author

Lynell Green's picture

Lynell Green is an Entrepreneur and business professional with over 25 years of business and real estate experience. After graduating from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Accounting, Lynell was part of the Audit team at Coopers & Lybrand and went on to take various financial positions in the entertainment sector. She has been involved in numerous entrepreneurial endeavors including owning Bread of Life Christian Bookstore, JC Enterprises and numerous real estate ventures.  She graduated from USC’s Ross Minority Real Estate Program where she found her passion for land use and how it impacts the lives of people.  She is the President of the Lynell Real Estate Group where the mission is to build, restore and sell real estate to create financial freedom for investors and improve the quality of life in the communities she works in.  She also teaches courses to improve financial literacy and to encourage people to pursue their dreams as a means to financial independence.

Debt Resistance - Rolling Jubilee Cause for Celebration

It’s been a while since the Occupy Movement has been in residence in parks and public spaces, but the work of confronting economic inequality is never done. As an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, Strike Debt is now a global movement helping to confront the debt people get trapped in by college loans, medical costs, housing, and other predatory financial situations.

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Andrew is the author of Frommer's global guide to volunteer vacations, "500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference" (Gold Medal Winner from Society of American Travel Writers: Best Guide Book 2010). He spent more than a decade on the editorial team of PASSPORT Magazine. He has volunteered and led teams on service projects around the world, and is honored to be on the boards of directors for the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation (AARBF.org) and Mentor Artists Playwrights Project (mentorartists.org). Mersmann has been a featured speaker, interview guest, or moderator on several travel talks, from the New York Times Travel Show, Smithsonian Associates, and the 92nd Street Y-TriBeCa to Oprah and Friends, Animal House, and The Focus Group on satellite radio as well as on NY1 television. Past participant at the Clinton Global Initiative and judge for Condé Nast World Changers Conference, he blogs about volunteering and service travel at www.ChangeByDoing.com. As part of the evox television team, he is dedicated to audience engagement, so if you're not engaged, he needs to be thumped on the head (gently)...or at least told (nicely). Twitter: /ChangeByDoing

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