All posts by Guest Post
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Warning: Boring But Important Look at Secret Consumer Arbitration WaiversHere is a very interesting but technical post from the folks over at Level Playing Field on the use of secret arbitration waivers consumers are bound to but don’t have access to until it’s too late. Some...
- Posted April 11, 2018
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Should Seniors be Worried About a Judgment Lien?By Eric Olsen Executive Director HELPS Nonprofit Law Firm A senior couple recently contacted me. They were served with legal papers for around $5000 for an old credit card they owed. They had never been sued before....
- Posted February 28, 2018
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Your Valentine Isn’t Keen on Adding to Your DebtDespite reports of near record-high spending for Valentine’s Day, a new Debt.com survey finds most people are not interested in their partner going into debt to get the perfect gift. In fact, almost half of survey respondents...
- Posted February 14, 2018
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Ameritech Financial Warns Federal Student Loan Borrowers Against Strategically DefaultingFor some people, defaulting on their federal student loans may feel inevitable. For others, it may be a choice. While that choice may be fruitful (though still not advised) in other industries when bankruptcy or settlement becomes...
- Posted December 14, 2017
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Who Is More Likely to Default on Student Loans?To better understand the determinants of student loan default, we ask the following questions in this blog post: Do default rates differ by college type? How do default rates of dropouts compare to those of graduates, and does this...
- Posted November 20, 2017
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Military Servicemembers Get Hosed by Student Loan ServicersThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has put out information that does a great job illustrating how badly military servicemembers have been and continue to be screwed over by crappy student loan servicers. Here is what the CFPB...
- Posted November 6, 2017
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Outside the Box Bankruptcy Solutions for Student Loans Really ExistWhile most of our work to reduce and eliminate student loan debt is being done outside of bankruptcy, there are important intersections between student loans and bankruptcy that can lead to tens or hundreds of thousands of...
- Posted October 18, 2017
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You May Be Losing Your Retail Store Job to an Online RetailerThe Federal Reserve Bank of New York just released the following article that I found fascinating. Its more support about how jobs are changing in America and why higher skilled workers, even in retail, are needed and...
- Posted October 5, 2017
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Fear Not the Difficulty of Discharging Student Loans in BankruptcyTrue Because perception is often reality, and the perception is that discharging student loans in bankruptcy is difficult, most folks believe this, attorney and non-attorneys alike. Thus, few ever attempt to discharge student loans via bankruptcy. False...
- Posted September 27, 2017
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Major Win for Consumers Against National Collegiate Student Loan Trust is On HoldAttorney Richard Gaudreau sent me this timely guest post on the horrible National Collegiate Student Loan Trust mess. This has to be one of the classic debt situations that has no winners on any side. Student loan...
- Posted September 25, 2017
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A Day in the Life of a Student Loan Defense Trial AttorneyMonday, August 28, 2017: 1:30 in the morning comes up fast and hits like a brick. Trial day is an exciting thing for a trial lawyer; it’s almost like a drug. Waking up at 1:30 in the...
- Posted September 5, 2017
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Absolutely Do These 3 Things When a Debt Collector Contacts YouReceiving a call from a debt collector can be stressful. Your first instinct may be to hide or ignore the situation and hope it goes away. But that can make things worse. We have resources to help...
- Posted July 20, 2017
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Trump Has Secretive Teams to Roll Back Regulations, Led by Hires With Deep Industry TiesPresident Trump entered office pledging to cut red tape, and within weeks, he ordered his administration to assemble teams to aggressively scale back government regulations. But the effort – a signature theme in Trump’s populist campaign for...
- Posted July 11, 2017
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More Insight on Debt Relief Automation and the Artificial Intelligence ComingNot that long ago I wrote The Future of Debt Relief is Artificial Intelligence and Job Loss and talked about future changes in the debt relief space. Today we have some feedback from Mike Morency of Peregrin...
- Posted July 11, 2017
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Two Simple Things You Can Do to Save Money at the Grocery StoreI received a very nice tip from Robert Custer on how to save money at the grocery store. Thanks for sending this in. It’s great information to refresh ourselves with. If you’ve got a good tip to...
- Posted June 27, 2017
