Category Archives: Ask The Get Out of Debt Experts
- My Experian Credit Report Still Shows Old Negative Items – Joseph
“Dear Steve, I just received an investigation report from Equifax that the 03/2008 Collection Account has been fully paid since 03/2010 and is currently reporting a zero balance for this account. Yet, when I printed my 05/21/2013 Credit Report the said account is still listed with Experian and a part of my High Impact Differences. [...]
- Cockburn & Associate Claims Make Me Wonder If They Are True – Georgia
“Dear Steve, I have quite a bit of debt outside of my mortgage about $60,000 and it is causing us much stress and it just seems to keep going up rather then diminishing at all so I have been trying to figure out ways to pay it down this is how I came across the [...]
- My Retirement Plan Won’t Let Me Borrow Money to Settle My Debt – Quincy
“Dear Steve, I’m thinking of using some of my reitrement to help settle my debt. But my retirement says if I refund the money I will lose all benefits to it. I’m with the Arizona State Retirement System. I do not want to take it all out, just enough to cover my debts. Will I [...]
- My Bank Won’t Give me an Auto Loan Because of My Past Repossession
“Dear Steve, Almost 7 years ago I voluntarily turned my vehicle in for repossession. I wasn’t behind, but I knew I couldn’t afford it and handle a mortgage since I was purchasing a house. Fast forward to this day it is on schedule to be removed off my credit in January of 2014 according to [...]
- I Feel Like I Made a Mistake Going With Student Loan Processing.us – Terry
“Dear Steve, I have used student loan processing.us to help consolidate my student loans. Unfortunately, I didn’t do good enough research before, now I am stuck. Their payments and interest rates are higher than quoted and they did not tell me this before sending my loan info on to my new lender. Now they refuse [...]
- I’m a Real Estate Agent and Facing Bankruptcy – Kelly
“Dear Steve, My husband and I have been down the bankruptcy road and it was discharged. I am embarrassed to say that only eleven years after the discharge, we are now possibly having to consider filing again. We have one child and my husband makes $75,000 a year. I work as a Realtor but pay [...]
- Army Soldier Wants to Fix His Credit After a Messy Divorce
“Dear Steve, 26yr old Army soldier trying to fix credit after a messy divorce a few years back. I was deployed, she decided to leave, and stopped paying on just about everything that was in my name without my knowledge. Upon my return, I joined “freecreditreport.com” to continuously monitor my credit and my debts, and [...]
- Home Owners Advocacy Group – Contract Review
A reader sent in a contract with Home Owners Advocacy Group they had recently signed for some sort of mortgage assistance of foreclosure avoidance. I am now a lawyer. What follows is my opinion of different sections of the agreement in an effort to help readers better understand what to look for and what it [...]
- Why is My Ex-Husband Not Responsible for This 1099-C From the Repossession?
“Dear Steve, Divorced single mom of three. The IRS held my last years refund of $9000.00. I finally asked them why and they said I failed to file a 1099-C from a 2006 repossesion and the vehicle was awarded to my ex in the divorce. The amount on the 1099-c is 10,300.00. I can’t afford [...]
- We Have Some Items On Our Credit Report We Want Removed – Lisha
“Dear Steve, We started to have troubles making payments. Did Bankruptcy. Trouble again and we re-fied our house not once or twice about 4! Took a 2nd out… Around and around sprial…. husband lost his job. Lost house. Moved out of state and did Bankruptcy AGAIN! It was bad decision after bad. And it was [...]
- Are All Student Loan Assistance Companies a Scam?
“Dear Steve, I am a bankruptcy attorney and looking to provide services to those with student loan problems, as well. You appear to believe most or all companies that help you with student loan issues are scams. Do you think there is any student loan service that can be provided to the public that is [...]
- Asset Rich But Cash Poor. Want to Settle My Debt and Pay for Delete
“Dear Steve, I have a different problem than a lot of your readers. I have lots of assets, but my income is very limited. I have property worth about a million dollars, but because it is more than 5 acres with a manufactured home no one will loan against it. In about 2 years will [...]
- Ocwen Condo Foreclosure in Limbo Leaves Me Worried About HOA Fees and Mortgage Modification – Frank
“Dear Steve, Condo in foreclosure since May 2011, mortgage previously with GMAC, now taken over by Ocwen. Retired in January and wrongfully assumed I could just start making payments on the mortgage. Halt, you must go through a modification with Ocwen to stop the foreclosure. Agreed and sent all paperwork and info they requested. Ocwen [...]
- My Debt to Income is Very High and Nobody Will Give Me a Loan – Lisa
“Dear Steve, I am living on social security and savings, which are quickly becoming very scant. As my roof leaked over my head as I was sleeping, realized I needed to do something about this and thus began my quagmire (good word!) of a problem. Paid $8000. from five 0% promotional credit cards, carefully figuring [...]
- What Happened to ABC Legal and Did They Take My Money?
“Dear Steve, What can be done with THE ABC LEGAL GROUP? The Wesbsite is down… Am I screwed…I am a widow with 3 children.. MY husband passed away back in 2009. I have done some research… and found the following information NEW OWNER FOR ESQUIRE LITIGATION…. I have spoken to a woman named Shirley. She [...]