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Getting Personal: How to get out of an $85,000 hole

Tess Vigeland and Marketplace's economics editor Chris Farrell answer listeners' money questions.

On tap this week: We find out whether or not a single mom should focus on building her savings or buying a house, strategies for getting out of $85,000 of credit card debt and whether or not it’s a good idea to use a home equity line of credit to finance graduate school.

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