In 1998 I had a vision that I needed to not only help myself, but help others. I had struggled with many personal finance issues in my life and at that time it seemed like they had all come to a head. If it wasn't rock bottom, I sure don't want to ever end up there!
I was in collections hell and had no real knowledge on how to get out. At the time I was an independent web developer (Under-Paid) and knew there was information out on the Internet that could help me with a plan to get my financial house in order. The only problem I found was that it was all over the place.
There are many experts in select areas of debt, credit, collections, and the rest. But not one single place I could call home for solid and honest help. After months of piecing it all together and implementing what I had learned, I was able to begin the road of financial recovery.
As a result of my frustrations I began helping others out with similar problems as a personal mission to pay my knowledge forward. And in the end I opened a website called CreditMania.com as a place where I could organize what I had learned and share it with the world. That was eight years ago and Creditmania is still going strong! We are helping thousands of people each year by showing them they can take care of their own personal finance issues with nothing more than knowledge, time, and effort.
You might ask, why this Personal Worth site? More on that later...
Thanks for stopping and best of luck on your personal worth journey!
Barry Noret