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Frank,
In my book, debt relief includes any type of financial obligation reduction, including bankruptcy, mortgage modifications, tax relief, credit card programs, credit counseling , debt settlement, debt novation, etc.
Steve
Yes a “Bad Bad Man” (to say the least) what some with do to live in a mansion, drive a German sports car and own an overpriced boat. However, I do agree should correct the headline to “mortgage relief” not debt relief, debt relief already has enough bad press.
Yes a “Bad Bad Man” (to say the least) what some with do to live in a mansion, drive a German sports car and own an overpriced boat. However, I do agree should correct the headline to “mortgage relief” not debt relief, debt relief already has enough bad press.
Frank,
In my book, debt relief includes any type of financial obligation reduction, including bankruptcy, mortgage modifications, tax relief, credit card programs, credit counseling , debt settlement, debt novation, etc.
Steve
Debt is nothing more than a pledge to repay money due with future labor. There are various forms of debt but all are the same premise. It makes no difference if it is a student loan debt, mortgage, credit card debt, boat payments, etc.
A debt relief provider in my book is anyone who sells a service to intercede between the debtor and creditor in an attempt to modify terms of the debt.
Steve
don’t you mean mortgage relief? Of course you can make the “argument” of Mortgage=debt, but it’s not even once mentioned in this article this way nor is it considered that in the debt world. O wait, the keyword is debt relief. gotcha 😉
I’ve been in the debt relief world since 1994 and learned that a lot of the same bad apples just keep rotating through in new and different approaches. It seems they keep returning to doing what they know.
WOW what a scumbag
WOW what a scumbag
I’ve been in the debt relief world since 1994 and learned that a lot of the same bad apples just keep rotating through in new and different approaches. It seems they keep returning to doing what they know.
don’t you mean mortgage relief? Of course you can make the “argument” of Mortgage=debt, but it’s not even once mentioned in this article this way nor is it considered that in the debt world. O wait, the keyword is debt relief. gotcha 😉
Debt is nothing more than a pledge to repay money due with future labor. There are various forms of debt but all are the same premise. It makes no difference if it is a student loan debt, mortgage, credit card debt, boat payments, etc.
A debt relief provider in my book is anyone who sells a service to intercede between the debtor and creditor in an attempt to modify terms of the debt.
Steve