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Credit Repair Groups Need to Pay Attention to This Bellwether...
In a recent opinion issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit it was...
Ballast Associates Loan Mailer – I Call BS
A reader sent me a mailer for a company called Ballast Associates who is offering a debt...
KPA Group – Consumer Complaint – August 21, 2019
Consumer Statement: I paid KPA Group $549 and now the phone number has a busy tone and their...
Ask the Get Out of Debt Guy
Should I Even Consider Making a Payment on My Younomics Student...
Question: Dear Steve, When I first signed up for Younomics (formerly MyRichUncle) I had a close...
Navient Gave Me Bad Advice That Made My Student Loans Grow...
Question: Dear Steve, Sallie Mae/Navient student loan fraud. I was fired from my job in 2009 (b/c I...
My Son is in the Navy With Navient Private Student Loan Debt I...
Question: Dear Steve, My son is in the Navy and, prior to that, went to college for 1 year but...
I Make Payments to My Father for a House in an Irrevocable Trust...
Question: Dear Steve, I’m about 45,000 in debt. Were at negative cash flow and starting to...
Debt Articles
Is Bankruptcy the Only Way Out?
Question: Dear Steve, My husband is 68 and I am 62. He has always been in charge of our finances...
Credit Repair Groups Need to Pay Attention to This Bellwether...
In a recent opinion issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit it was...
Ballast Associates Loan Mailer – I Call BS
A reader sent me a mailer for a company called Ballast Associates who is offering a debt...
5 Last-Minute Travel Ideas to Get the Most Out of Summer
Summer is winding down to a close, but there’s still time to squeeze out every last drop of fun and...
Debt Relief Industry
321 Loans and Jeremy Marcus 4th Receiver Update
The debt relief group 321 Loans that was shuttered by the court has generated a 4th interim report...
CT Calls Out Mortgage Modification Company Smart Marketing Corp...
The State of Connecticut, which has been historically tough on debt relief companies, has focused...
New York Residents Find Debt Help With Law Firm
Debt collectors and their law firms are now buying, collecting and filing lawsuits at an ever...
Three Methods to Consolidate Your UK Credit Card Debt – but...
When it comes to money management, debt consolidation is one of those topics that can easily...
Student Loan Bankruptcy Discharge
CIT Bank Student Loan Discharged in Bankruptcy
A little more information trickled out about a recent private student loan discharge in a...
Bankruptcy Judge Says Student Loans Create “a Prison of...
Bankruptcy Judge Robert Berger issued an opinion in 2016 that deserves to be better known than it...
Veteran With PTSD Eliminates Student Loans in Bankruptcy
Hill v. ECMC: A veteran seeks to discharge her student loans in bankruptcy Risa Rozella Hill...
Judge Grants Discharge of Federal Student Loan Interest in...
Vicky Jo Metz borrowed $16,613 back in the 1990s to attend a community college, but she never got a...
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
FTC Disconnects Pointbreak Media Robocall Scheme Defendants
Callers falsely claimed company represented Google, sought fees between $300 and $700 for first...
Former IRS Employee Convicted of Tax Evasion
A federal jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, yesterday convicted Craig P. Orrock, a former attorney and...
8 Affordable Alternatives to Cable in 2019
How can I find my favorite TV show… tonight? For those of us currently paying for a cable TV...
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
KPA Group – Consumer Complaint – August 21, 2019
Consumer Statement: I paid KPA Group $549 and now the phone number has a busy tone and their...
Apple Law Group – Consumer Complaint – August 16...
Consumer Statement: They make do monthly payments and don’t pay my debt. Consumer Action Taken: I...
Equitable Acceptance – Consumer Complaint – August...
Consumer Statement: When I came in to contact with Equitable Acceptance, I needed help because the...
Corporate Debt Advisors – Consumer Complaint –...
Consumer Statement: I hope this gets to the CEO of your company. I was contacted by a Dan Silver...