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The Original Creditor and Collection Company are Reporting the...
Question: Dear Steve, Query about the question a reader sent to you that I read and that you...
We’ve Been to Credit Counseling But Should We File For...
Dear Steve Hi! I am a piano teacher, and due to the bad economy have very few students, even though...
Paid Off Your Federal Student Loan? Read This About Biden...
I read an interesting question and answer about President Biden’s student loan forgiveness...
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The Original Creditor and Collection Company are Reporting the...
Question: Dear Steve, Query about the question a reader sent to you that I read and that you...
We’ve Been to Credit Counseling But Should We File For...
Dear Steve Hi! I am a piano teacher, and due to the bad economy have very few students, even though...
How Do I Validate the Debt Midland Funding is Suing Me Over?
Question: Dear Steve, I am being sued by midland funding. I hoped to settle with them, but was...
Is the DVI Debt Relief Program Legit if I’m Pre-Approved?
Question: Dear Steve, My husband and I are retired, living on about $1,700 social security. He’s...
Why Can’t I Get Out of This Trap of My Federal Family...
Question: Dear Steve, Navient holds my 6 figures of student loans, that continue to get deferred...
Paid Off Your Federal Student Loan? Read This About Biden...
I read an interesting question and answer about President Biden’s student loan forgiveness...
Now is the Time to Bulldoze Your Federal Student Loans
President Biden entered office and immediately extended the federal student loan payment holiday to...
Don’t You Wish Your Girlfriend Was A Freak – Saver!
There are hundreds of savings accounts on the market now, catering to all sorts of savers. Saving...
Debt Relief Industry
GreenPath Settlement Case Dismissed With Prejudice
As anticipated, the debt management nonprofit GreenPath has managed to terminate one of the recent...
CT Strikes Advocate Processing Services for Mortgage Modification
The State of Connecticut is notoriously tough on debt relief companies, This is not new. I’ve...
GreenPath Suffers Setback in Recent Lawsuit That Applies to All...
The folks at Greenpath, the non-profit debt management company, were recently sued. I wrote about...
How to Check Out a Business or Company to Avoid Getting Scammed...
Here is a guide to help avoid being cheated or scammed by a business or company and check out or...
Student Loan Bankruptcy Discharge
Bankruptcy Judges Eliminates Federal Student Loans Without IDR...
Seth Koeut was born in Cambodia and came to the United States as a child. Like many immigrants, he...
A Bankruptcy Court Eliminates Grandmother’s Student Loans
Between 2006 and 2015, Jamie Mudd took out 41 student loans to attend Heald College, a for-profit...
Student Loan Debt Might Steal Your Inheritance
Jill Stevenson enrolled at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2002, but she never graduated. Although...
Student Loan Servicer Hit With Big Contempt Sanction
In September 2020, Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glen slapped a huge contempt penalty on Great Lakes...
Student Loan Rescue or Assistance
Are the Scammers Now Getting Scammed?
American Financial Support Services was shutdown for bad acts by the Federal Trade Commission. They...
You Thought it Was Over. It’s Not Over with CFPB and...
Back in May the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) entered a stipulated final judgment and...
Student Loan Relief Operation Owes $107 Million to Consumers But...
It appears Premier Student Loan Center has come to an agreement with the Consumer Financial...
Court Rules in FTC’s Favor Against Student Debt Relief Scammers
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has ruled in favor of the Federal...
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How Do We Get These Jerks to Stop Calling?
Question: Dear Steve, These same asshole jerkoffs call my cell and home phone daily. They even call...
Biden Credit Card Debt Elimination Act – What You Need to...
On the first day in office as President, Joe Biden is signing the Biden Credit Card Debt...
