Here are this week’s posts on debt reduction:

• The Digerati Life gives a few options for getting out from under an upside-down car loan.
• The Smarter Wallet discusses a personal story on getting a mortgage loan modification.
• Ask Mr. Credit Card has a surefire way to get out — and stay out — of debt with American Express.

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• Finally the rain! Here's this week's Carnival We've had a horrible dry spell where I am.  We've finally gotten some rain over the past few days.  Now the lawn doesn't look like the living dead anymore. Here are this week's debt-reduction related posts.  Personal debt reduction stories, as always, are up top! Money Relationship posts a debt......
• Welcome to a windy and rainy Carnival of Debt Reduction We're in hurricane season, and early last week there were five named Atlantic storms on the map:  Gustav, Hanna, Ike, Josephine, and Karina.  Hanna is flying up the east coast of the United States as I'm putting this Carnival together. Thankfully Hanna wasn't much where I was on Saturday but......

• How To Improve Your Chances Of Getting A Mortgage Loan If you're hoping to own the home of your dreams one day, you'll eventually need to apply for a mortgage. But if you're concerned about possibly not being able to get a loan, here's some advice to help increase your chances of getting a mortgage. Improve Your FICO Score Your......
• How to Go Into Debt to Get Out of Debt This really sounds like the ultimate oxymoron, but one of the best ways to get out of debt is to go a little bit further in. What’s that? First, to help this make more sense, let’s clarify – if you need to get out of bad debt, going into good......