Tag Archives: Andrew Houser
- Freedom Debt Relief Secures Funding to Advance Sales Reps
The following guest post is by Andrew Houser from Freedom Debt Relief. I asked him to provide us all with more information about his new approach at fronting sales representatives commissions while Freedom waits to collect the fees earned from consumers. Upfront Affiliate Payments on No Advance Fee Programs: Giving Affiliates the Opportunity to Move [...]
- The Wild Ride in Debt Relief – Andrew Housser
The following guest post was contributed by Andrew Houser. Andrew Housser is co-founder and co-CEO of Freedom Financial Network, LLC, the parent of Freedom Debt Relief, which has settled over $1 billion in debt for its customers in the past 8 years. He sits on the executive board of the American Fair Credit Council (formerly [...]
- State of Washington Files Amicus Brief in Support of Case Against Freedom Debt Relief and Freedom Financial Network
Another brief forwarded to me recently by a regulator friend was that of the amicus brief filed by the State of Washington in a private case against Freedom Debt Relief, Freedom Financial Network, Andrew Houser, and Bradford Stroh. The issue appears to have been if Freedom was in fact a debt adjuster under the Washington [...]
- Does the New Debt Settlement Industry Get It?
A tipster sent in a link to a recent article from CreditCards.com that was published on Fox Business, “Debt settlement industry in flux as new rules start.” In the article is a section attributed to Andrew Houser from Freedom Debt Relief. Cherry picking the good cases Housser from the settlement industry trade group says the [...]
- Freedom Debt Relief Settles $1 Billion in Consumer Debt
The following is a press release from the credit or debt world. The publication of this release by this site is not an endorsement of the release. San Mateo, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) December 14, 2010 Today, Freedom Debt Relief (FDR) will become the first debt resolution company in the country to reach $1 billion in cumulative [...]
- Freedom Financial Network Earns Spot on Phoenix Business Journal’s ‘Best Places to Work’ List
The following is a press release from the credit or debt world. The publication of this release by this site is not an endorsement of the release. San Mateo, Calif. (Vocus/PRWEB) December 06, 2010 Freedom Financial Network, LLC (FFN), has been named to the Phoenix Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work” list. In the employee [...]
- Freedom Financial Network, Glow Foundation Offer Budgeting Tips for New Students
The following is a press release from the credit or debt world. The publication of this release by this site is not an endorsement of the release. San Mateo, CA (Vocus) October 7, 2010 Now that fall has arrived and schools are in full swing, new college students are settling into classes, dorms, and the [...]
- Freedom Debt Relief to Layoff 120 and Close Office
Mark Anderson of the Sacramento Business Journal is reporting that Andrew Houser and his Freedom Financial Network will close their office in Sacramento, California and begin “curbing its local operation Nov. 15, with employees winding down over about a six-month period.” The change is blamed on recent FTC telemarketing rules changes and the need to [...]
- Sorting Out Debt-Relief Promises
The Wall Street Journal just published a new article that talks about the debt relief world. Here is an excerpt and a link to the full article. The regulations, which extend the TSR rules to cover calls consumers make to firms in response to debt-relief ads, also will ban companies from misrepresenting what they can [...]
- Andrew Houser from TASC Pleads With FTC, “Please Don’t Ban Upfront Advance Debt Settlement Fees.”
Andrew Houser from Freedom Debt Relief and board member of The Association of Settlement Companies (TASC) recently sent a letter to the FTC pleading that banning advance fees would hurt consumers. I know, how funny and unbelievable is that? Apparently what TASC can’t get through their head is that there is no good reason why [...]
- Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust / Global Client Solutions – FDIC SHOCKER!
Here is an event I totally missed but thanks to a recent suit against debt settlement company GHS Solutions the FDIC action against Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust which operates in conjunction with Global Client Solutions can be reveled. Apparently the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) felt the relationship between Rocky Mountain National Bank & [...]
- Freedom Debt Relief Bragging About Being in Forbes. Not So Fast Fellas. Back the Bus Up.
I am constantly accused of targeting this company or that company but in truth I’m so busy writing about the next thing to cross in front of me I don’t have time to have anyone on the radar. I say that because I find myself writing something that involves a company I’ve written about before, [...]