• Making only minimum payments month after month
• Being constantly out of cash
• Being late on important payments such as rent or mortgage
• Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota: www.lssmn.org; 1-888-577-2227
• National Foundation for Credit Counseling: www.nfcc.org; 1-800-388-2227
• Minnesota Home Ownership Center: www.hocmn.org; 1-866-462-6466
Source: Star Tribune research
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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