The 5 Questions My Readers Ask Most Often

With multiple credit card debts, is it better to pay the largest debt or the smallest debt first?

You have to work hard to beat the banks at their own game to make you the winner! Ti_ser/Shutterstock

If you were to dive into my inbox, you might assume you'd find lots of questions on laundry, copycat recipes, or what the best inexpensive fill-in-the-blank is. I do get lots of those. But it’s questions about credit cards and consumer debt that come out the winner in that contest.

You, like I, may find that curious because I am not a financial planner or investment adviser. I can boast no licenses or certifications in those fields. I have life experience, and I have that in spades.