As young people enter adulthood, they face many decision, and no longer must accept their parents' advice. It's time to think on your own, right? Unfortunately, young people can fall prey to solicitations from lenders and can unwittingly enter a lifetime of unmanageable debt. With a little bit of attention to some good advice, almost amnion can avoid the credit card trap, and learn to use credit responsibly, and when needed.
 
Credit card solicitations come on fast and hard when a young person enters college. There are enticing deals, and given how tight finances usually are for students, the offers of easy money can be most appealing. Some are good offers, others are not. So, how can you tell the difference?
 
Hardly anyone reads the fine print on a credit card application or contract, so I have boiled down all that information into something quite digestible, and easy to understand and follow. When you are apply credit card, skim the fine print until you find these three areas: interest rates, annual fees, late charges and grace periods.  When examining the interest rate for a credit card, find out what it starts at, and under what conditions it will change. Evaluate the lender's ability to increase the rate on short notice, or sky-high. If the lender seems to control all aspects of the interest rate, and you own behavior has no or little bearing, you might be walking into a haunted house of unexpected rate hikes. Compare as many cards as you can, and ask friends. Find out the prevailing rate before you sign anything,
 
Annual fees can be quite annoying. They are often promised in conjunction with some pie-in-the-sky reward such as airline travel. it may seem like a good bargain. But, how much must you spend to earn a trip? How many annual fees will you have to pay while so doing? Are you sure it wouldn't be cheaper just to buy a ticket?
 
Late charges can add up quickly and really break your heart. An associated fee is the classic "over limit" fee which some debit cards charge, after allowing you to go over your limit for a tiny purchase. So, keep an eye on your payments, and try to make them earlier rather than later. The sooner you make them, the less likely it is that you will get hit with late fees.

Grace periods are the short period during which no interest is paid on a new balance. If you pay your balance off within the grace period, you'll never pay interest at all! Some cards offer nearly a month. That's a great money-aver for you.
 
Credit cards can help you out of trouble, to be sure, but can also lead you right into it. Whatever toys and baubles you want now, you should think of yourself five years from now. Happy about your debts?
 
The bottom line is, life's too short not to feel happy. If you can use credit cards in the way they are pitched, as a way to make life easier and more enjoyable, then please do so. But be sure and read the fine print to make sure!

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