{"id":6737,"date":"2016-03-29T18:41:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T18:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=6737"},"modified":"2018-12-28T20:25:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:25:40","slug":"2-sure-fire-ways-to-be-a-successful-credit-card-owner-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/credit\/credit-cards\/2-sure-fire-ways-to-be-a-successful-credit-card-owner-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Sure Fire Ways To Be A Successful Credit Card Owner &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When people get credit cards, they usually have the best intentions in mind. They plan on being responsible and trustworthy, but a few small missteps can lead them on a downhill spiral. In order to help you be a successful credit card owner, here are two tips that you can follow that will decrease your chances of defaulting on your payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>#1 &#8211; Use Credit Cards Like Cash<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just because you have a credit card doesn\u2019t mean you should use it. If you want something that you can\u2019t buy with cash, don\u2019t get it. That\u2019s the simplest way not to get trapped in debt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>#2 &#8211; Use Auto Payments For Your Bill<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So you don\u2019t fall into default on your payments, it\u2019s best you set your bill up on auto payments. This is a clever way to keep up with on time payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you follow these tips, you\u2019ll get to enjoy the benefits of good credit. Check out <a href=\"\/credit-cards\/ways-to-be-a-successful-credit-card-owner-part-2\/\">part 2<\/a> for more tips on how to be a successful credit card owner.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When people get credit cards, they usually have the best intentions in mind. They plan on being responsible and trustworthy, but a few small missteps can lead them on a downhill spiral. In order to help you be a successful credit card owner, here are two tips that you can follow that will decrease your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}