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Maxed Out: 26-Year-Old Single Mom Spends Rent on Clothes
This episode of Maxed Out is about Crystal, a 26-year-old legal assistant and single mom with two kids — she also happens to be $50,000 in debt ($20,000 of that is from student loans). She's been ignoring the state of her finances to the extent of not paying some bills in four months and owing $200 to a gym she's never used. Everything is in crisis mode all of the time and Crystal is completely stressed out.
Maxed Out: Couple Spends Three Times Their Monthly Income
This episode of Maxed Out features Julia, 28, and Mike, 30, a couple on the fast track to losing everything. All the big financial moments arrived at once for Mike and Julia — they have two mortgages and a baby, plus a ton of unmanageable debt. They're living in the townhouse they purchased before their condo sold, on the assumption that the condo would sell immediately.
Maxed Out: Debt by Comic Books Isn't Funny
This episode of Maxed Out features the financial struggles of Adrianne and Greg, a young couple who have home ownership on the mind, but debt is holding them back. Greg is a habitual spender and has $20,000 in debt, spent mostly on DVDs and comic books, while Adrianne is debt-free.
A big reason Adrianne's last relationship didn't work out is that she was paying for everything, and this put her into debt (which she was able to eventually pay off).
Maxed Out: Love Does Not Always Conquer Money Problems
This episode of Maxed Out features Adrianne, a woman in her 20s whose relationship with money compromises her romantic relationship with her boyfriend, Mike. It’s the first time on the show where a couple breaks up during the month it takes for financial guru Allison Griffiths to work her magic.
The show begins with a profile of Mike and Adrianne: Mike is careful, Adrianne is careless; he owns two condos and she rents her apartment; he doesn’t have a car and she has an expensive car payment.
Maxed Out: Financial Dependency Prevents Marriage
This episode of Maxed Out is about Lisa and AJ, a couple living together in a lopsided financial relationship. AJ covers most of their shared bills because Lisa can't pay her half — she has more than $52,000 in debt and a bad shopping habit, while AJ has no debt to his name. He says Lisa needs to get her debt down to a manageable place before they can consider marriage, and this makes Lisa upset.
Maxed Out: Debt Puts Marriage and a Home on the Rocks
This episode of Maxed Out is about Kim and Kevin, a couple so financially unstable that their money troubles already caused them to separate once — but they had to stay in the same house together because neither could afford to pay rent somewhere else. While they are back together, the couple still lives separate financial lives and is clueless about where their money is going.
Kevin tells Kim everything is OK and she just goes off the assumption that he's telling the truth because they don't communicate about money.
Maxed Out: Third Bankruptcy Is Not a Charm
This episode of Maxed Out is about Jessica and Greg, a couple who just can't grasp financial responsibility. They declared bankruptcy separately before they were married, and as parents of one-year old twins and a six-year old they are on the brink of declaring bankruptcy together. Their $55,000 of debt is overwhelming their relationship and dissolving their dreams of home ownership, and even though they earn a combined annual salary of $120,000, they are always one payment behind on all of their bills.
Maxed Out: Quitting More Than 50 Jobs Lends Itself to Debt
This episode of Maxed Out is about Ron and Jennifer, a couple living on a single income and unsure of how they'll pay next month's mortgage. Ron has been unemployed for three months due to injury, but their financial problems began 10 years ago, mainly because of his inability to retain a job — Ron admits that he has quit between 50 and 100 jobs in just one decade. They have six credit cards, two mortgages, and an emergency line of credit they used to pay the past month's mortgage.
Maxed Out: High-Maintenance Debt Denial
This episode of Maxed Out puts faces on the word denial. Gillian (25-years-old) and Ed (27) collectively earn $93,000 a year, they estimate they are $47,000 in debt, and they're moving to a new condo in nine months with a mortgage that's $100,000 more than their current condo. Ed says whenever they do save something, they spend it because it seems like a waste to put the money toward their credit card debt.
Maxed Out: $78,000 in Debt and No Mortgage
This episode of Maxed Out is about Christine and Ross, a couple in so much debt that it's extremely difficult for them to keep things afloat. Christine can't even speak without crying because she's so distraught and stressed over their financial situation. They are the only couple among their friends who are still renting, and their dream is to have a home and children.
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