EDITOR’S NOTE: Mariza and Geffrey Gordon are among a handful of participants selected to work one-on-one with a financial expert for CNN’s Savings Challenge. This story was originally featured in the Savings Challenge newsletter, which you can sign up for here.
The last time CNN checked in with Mariza and Geffrey Gordon, the Milwaukee-based couple weighed down by debt who hoped to build an emergency fund and stop living paycheck to paycheck, they’d just gotten disappointing news.
They’d been told because of their credit scores, they didn’t qualify for a balance transfer card, which would have given them up to 21 months to pay…