Huge debts, paid off fast

A $150,000 mortgage erased in five years. About $49,000 in credit cards, almost gone in just a year. These debt-payoff champions share their secrets. By Liz Pulliam Weston Greg Cards of Newark, Del., was saddled with $154,000 in debt after his divorce. Wanda Wilkinson of Santa Fe, N.M., had $49,000 in credit card bills, a daughter in college and a husband facing a potential layoff. Bethany and Stephan Gordon of Tacoma, Wash., were fresh out of college and carrying a mortgage nearly three times… More information...