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“Dear Lewis, Here’s my situation. My name is Kevin, I am married with 3 kids. My story began when my wife and I tried to restructure our finances by applying for Obama’s mortgage modification program. The irony is we didn’t need to, but we were told that we qualified and figured, if we could save …
I have $125,000.00 in debt with Sallie Mae Servicing Center, I have been with them for years, but with their high interest rates and principles, I will never pay this off unless I win the lottery. I tried to get loan forgiveness they denied that saying my loan was before 1998. I did not get …
“Dear Michael, When I was in college, I couldn’t find a job in the summer of 2008. I was unable to make any of the payments on my credit cards and my auto loan. I buried my head in the sand and ignored everything. The car got repossessed and the collection calls started with the …
“Dear Lewis, My husband and I filed bankruptcy in Feb 2010- because he lost his job after the bankruptcy was filed and he had a child support obligation they take the payment from me every 2 weeks. 286.00 dollars. At this point all the payments are made by garnishment of my wages. i cannot live …
“Dear Lewis, In May 2009, I was laid off. I had an appointment with a bankrupcty lawyer the day after I was escorted out (I had fairly high security clearance). She told me to hold off on the bankruptcy due to whatever severance I might receive. I held off and held off…and had a really …
“Dear Steve, Well i’m about 40k in debt. I’m and E5 in the army. I have a security clearance. I got a letter from wites and kapetan. Its sounds decent. Has anyone heard of them. should i go with them. I can not file bankrupcy because of my clearance. if i did that, my clearance …
“Dear Lewis, I filed Ch. 7 bankruptcy last year. I did not file on my 1st home mortgage or my 2nd mortgage – home equity loan and chose to continue paying them. I never signed any reaffirmation statements after the bankruptcy. Recently my loan officer pulled my credit and saw that my reports show I …
“Dear Steve, We have a 1st & 2nd on our home. The 1st is for 124K with Citimortgage, the 2nd is a home equity line of credit with Bof A for 250k due in 2015. Our home is now worth approx 220k. My husband has was unemployed for the last 2 years. Recently back to …
The trustee in my bankruptcy case is trying to take an liquidate an asset that I am living on. How can the trustee in my case liquidate an asset that I am solely dependent upon for living? Basically he will put me on the street if I don’t have this income. Rob This reader question …
My sister added me as an “authorized user” on her credit card. I used the credit card to purchase a used vehicle and have been paying the monthly payments on her card for the past year or so. Now she has filed bankruptcy. Her bankruptcy attorney told her that even though I am an “authorized …