Tag Archives: job loss

Is Your Job Loss A Hallmark Moment?

You’ll see six new greeting cards in your local Hallmark stores designated strictly to job less and the recession. That’s right, recession cards! I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Recession Day “holiday” pop up in their books soon. With the unemployment rate in this country at a staggering 9.1 percent (14 million people) it’s [...]

Should I Go With Bankruptcy or Debt Consolidation? – Patricia

My husband has lost his job twice in the last 2 years. The first time it only took him 1 month to find a new job, so we recouped pretty quickly. The second time (which was just in February 2010) it took him 5 months to find a job. His new job includes a $10K [...]

Lost My Job, Upside Down in Mortgage, and Our Expenses Far Exceed Our Income. – Doug

Doug 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 [...]

It All Started When My Husband Lost His Job in South Africa in 1999. – Maria

Maria 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 [...]

How to Survive a Job Loss

If you’ve ever lost a job, you know how devastating it can be. It doesn’t really matter how you lost it — a company reorganization, merger, forced retirement or simply being fired — the results are the same. It probably feels like everything you’ve worked for is gone, including your income. And because losing a [...]

I Cosigned for a Car Loan and that Person Went to Jail. Now I Have to Pay it. – Noname

Noname 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 [...]

My Mother Was In An Accident And Lost Her Job And Can’t Pay – Paula

Paula 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 Allowed My Credit Card Debt to Increase. – Hank

Hank 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 [...]

Retired, 45, Pregnant, and Afraid of Losing the House to Foreclosure. – Cris

Cris 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 [...]

My Husband Doesn’t Seem Worried That He Lost His Job. I’m Freaking Out. – Tina

Tina 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 Am 90 Days Late on Two Credit Cards. A Debt Management Plan Company Said They Could Not Help Me. – Jennifer

Jennifer 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 [...]

Should We Walk Away From Our Mortgage? – Phyllis

Phyllis 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 [...]