Tag Archives: consolidation loan

I’m Totally Broke and Drowning…Help! – Linda

I am 47 years old and single mother to two teenaged children. I have a decent job and make good money for the area where I live. I bought a home in 2008, put $30,000.00 down on it (nearly my entire life savings). My house payments, insurance and taxes are equal to 2 weeks of [...]

How Do You Value Your Quality of Life? Debt Solutions to Fix The Future

Debt doesn’t just affect the people actually in debt, it often affects the ones around them, near and dear to them. I know this from first hand experience as someone who has loved and lived with someone so deep in debt they could not see a way out. Not only is the emotional toll hard [...]

How Should I Borrow? The Pros and Cons of Different Types of Loans and Debt Solutions

If you’re in debt you may have considered borrowing to consolidate your payments, lower your interest costs or even to stay afloat a little longer. Before you borrow, consider your options carefully. No matter how attractively some loans are marketed, they can’t solve your debt problems. The only way to do that is to spend [...]

My Life is a Financial Lie. People Think I’m Successful But I’m Buried in Debt. – Jamie

Jamie wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]

Is There a Place I Can Get a Debt Consolidation Loan? – Kerri

“Dear Steve, $36,000 total cc debt (this is the total from 2 credit cards), making monthly payments of $650.00 between the two cards, barely covers any of the debt after paying finance charges accrued on the cards. Is there a loan through a bank or well established organization that you can qualify for that will [...]

I Have a Bad Credit Report. What Can I Do? – Connie

Connie wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]

We’ve Consolidated Our Debt Over and Over But Continued to Live Beyond Our Means. – Steve

Steve wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]

Karen Writes In. “My Interest Rates Are Going Up. My Minimum Payments Are Going Up. Help!”

Karen wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]

I Need a Debt Consolidation Loan. Can I Get One? – Melissa

Melissa wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]

What Do I Do to Consolidate Bills? Mary

“Dear Steve, Need help with consolidating bills. What do I have to do in order to start this process? Mary” I asked my friend Mike Killian to answer your question for you. I wanted to make sure you got an answer as quickly as possible as I’m a bit backed up at the moment. I’ll [...]

Credit Cards Maxed Out. I Can’t Get a Debt Consolidation Loan. – Manuel

“Dear Steve, Hi. I currently have 1 credit card just about maxed out at $10,600, another one maxed out at $5,300. I also have a debt consolidation loan from Banknorth for $11,000 (although I paid around $3,500 so I only have $7500 remaining to pay.) I gross about $2240/mo. I was laid off last year [...]

I Would Like to Combine All of Our Debts Into One Loan. – Joe

“Dear Steve, My wife is leaning towards debt consolidation through a reputable company. I would like to combine our debts in one loan, but with a fixed rate. the problem is that banks are not willing to give out personal loans at this time. I need a 25k loan to consolidate my bills. I am [...]

Three Years Ago I Had Severe Tax Problems But Now I’m Looking for a Consolidation Loan. – Timothy

This question was submitted to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site. You can ask a question online here. Because of the volume of submitted questions, I am behind in personally answering every single one. I need your help. I am publishing the question below for you to answer. Please help this person by adding your response [...]

I Am A College Student With Good Credit and Bad Debt. – Matt

Matt wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]

I Just Invested in 33 Loans to Help People to Get Out of Debt

Lately I’ve been very impressed with LendingClub.com and the peer-to-peer model that they have developed to let individual investors participate in some small way in making loans to other people that need to borrow money. The LendingClub business model allows both borrowers and lenders to skip the banks completely and lend to each other. From [...]