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I’ve Been Blocked From Attending School Because of a Debt
Question: Dear Steve, 21 YR OLD STUDENT DEBT OF 1800 SURFACED WHEN I APPLIED AT A SCHOOL AND...
Arete Financial Freedom Employees Clean Out Dates and Receiver...
The Receiver in the case involving Arete Financial Freedom and others has posted an FAQ that...
Here is My Proven Way to Eliminate Your Debt If You Are Bipolar
Question: Dear Steve, I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder more than two decades ago. I am...
Ask the Get Out of Debt Guy
What Will Happen After the 2020 Election to My Cosigned Student...
Question: Dear Steve, My son has federal and personal student loans. I cosigned for the loans. If...
Here is My Proven Way to Eliminate Your Debt If You Are Bipolar
Question: Dear Steve, I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder more than two decades ago. I am...
Department of Education Goes Insane When it Comes to Dealing...
I admit there is nothing in this world that represents true justice or fairness. No matter what...
I’m Thinking About Doing Credit Card Settlement But Need...
Question: Dear Steve, make about 90000 a year budget is 200 a month underwater my wife and I have...
Debt Articles
I’ve Been Blocked From Attending School Because of a Debt
Question: Dear Steve, 21 YR OLD STUDENT DEBT OF 1800 SURFACED WHEN I APPLIED AT A SCHOOL AND...
White Mountain Partners Payment Reduction Voucher Mailer is Not...
A fantastic reader sent in a mailer they received from White Mountain partners offering a debt...
Phantom Debt Collectors Banned From Industry
The operators of a scheme that conned consumers into paying non-existent debts will be permanently...
Murrell v. Educational Education Management Corp.: An Ohio...
Calvin Murrell was thrown out of work in 2000 due to knee and back injuries. Murrell then attended...
Debt Relief Industry
Arete Financial Freedom Employees Clean Out Dates and Receiver...
The Receiver in the case involving Arete Financial Freedom and others has posted an FAQ that...
Arete Financial Freedom Debt Settlement Services Raising Concern
I received the following comment from a consumer regarding her services with Arete Financial...
Arete Financial Freedom Settlement Business Looks Cooked
The case filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against American Financial Support Services...
Is National Debt Management Involved in Settlement or Are They...
A tipster (send in your tips here) sent in the following screenshots and appeared to think the IRS...
Student Loan Bankruptcy Discharge
Religious Donations Not Considered in Undue Hardship Decision
In 2017, Rafael Lozada, age 67, filed an adversary proceeding in a New York bankruptcy court...
More Private Sallie Mae – Navient Student Loans Discharged...
Crocker v. Navient Solutions, a recent Fifth Circuit decision, is a small win for student-loan...
Navient Claims All Private Student Loans Are Not Dischargeable...
A reader sent in the following statement regarding a case filed in Texas, “Just including a...
Veteran and Teacher Told by Court to Take a Hike on Student Loans
As John Lennon famously observed, “Life is what happens to you while you are busy making...
Student Loan Rescue or Assistance
Irvine California Employee Spills the Beans on Student Loan...
I received the following tip from an alleged employee of an Irvine based student loan assistance...
Student Debt Doctor and American Student Loan Consolidators...
The operators of two Florida-based student loan debt relief schemes are banned from the debt relief...
Brandon Frere of American Financial Benefits Center –...
Student loan assistance company executive Brandon Frere, 41, was arrested and faces a maximum...
Deep Dive Into NY Suit Against Student Loan Assistance Companies
Earlier today I wrote NY Sues a Bunch of Student Loan Debt Relief Companies and Equitable...
From Around The Web
Here’s Why the VA Mortgage is the Best Home Loan
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs guarantees loans up to 100% loan to value for purchase rate...
25 of the Most Hilarious Product Reviews on Amazon
If you’re a savvy Amazon shopper, chances are you turn to the site’s customer reviews help you...
FTC Disconnects Pointbreak Media Robocall Scheme Defendants
Callers falsely claimed company represented Google, sought fees between $300 and $700 for first...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Files Suit Against Forster...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently filed a lawsuit in the federal...
Scam Alert
Reedhein & Associates / Timeshare Exit Team –...
Consumer Statement: In 2018, we signed on with a timeshare in Cabo, Mexico. Realizing it was a bad...
UniteDebt / United Debt Reduction – Consumer Complaint...
Consumer Statement: I was enrolled in United debt reduction since May 2019, they been taking my...
Ameritech Financial – Consumer Complaint – November...
Consumer Statement: was one of those people who fell for Ameritech scam on student loans. I paid...
Court Makes Crime Pay Very Well Indeed and Neuters FTC
A recent decision by the Seventh Circuit stops the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ability to claw...