“Dear Lewis, My husband and I filed bankruptcy chapter 7 in Dec. 2010 and it was discharged in march 2011. I have previously worked as a bank teller before we moved states( which caused our bankruptcy because we couldn’t sell our house). I have had 2 great interviews for bank teller but my credit report denies me a job. How ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, My husband lost his job 1 1/2 years ago. Age 62, we have alot of debt. Have been working real hard a keeping our home and car, but we have high credit card debt and unsecured debt. we have retirement income but is not enough to pay everything. What do we do. How can you be sure that ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, I filed bankruptcy, chapter 13, and in June lost my job, with only four months to go in a thirty six month plan. I now am so behind and don’t know what to do, and my attorney, needless to say, I would never choose again, isn’t much help. I am worried! I want to know if I can ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, I’ve got about $80,000 in consolidated student debt on the IBR plan. Good job, making about $48,000 a year. But since I’m not a doctor, lawyer, or wall street guy, I’ll never reduce the principle, and 25 years is a long time. Would bankruptcy clear this? And if so, then why not just go for it? Not like ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, I filed chapter 13 and can not afford to pay what was asked. The chpater 13 is being dismissed. What do I need to do to file chapter 7, and what will be my cost? Gilbert” Dear Gilbert, Why did you file chapter 13 to begin with? Did you not qualify for chapter 7 (too much income)? If ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, We are looking to rent a house and we want to know how long our chapter 7 bk we filed in 2006 will be on our records. we are having grave difficulty getting any credit because of this. How long does a chapter 7 stay on someones trw? if yu can answer this promptly it would be greatly ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, I got a green card 8 years ago after marry my american husband and loads of offers of credit cards droped in my mail box.I ‘ve got a lot of credit even without ask for. Back in my country I’d always been a great bank costumer with 5 stars check accounts. I used my credit cards and got ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, I have been going through a rough patch ever since my separating from my husband two years ago. I have been trying to go to school, and since I havent made any money I havent been paying my debt. A wreck happened in November of 2010 that involved someone stealing my car and killing the passenger, now I ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, I am currently on short term disability for the last 5 months. The insurance company hasn’t paid me for the last two. They keep giving me the run around. I had to rent out my town home and now I live with my mother. I have no income and no savings. I have three cc. One at $5,100.00, ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, Myself and my husband bought a house very young (I was 19 and he was 21), but I had to have emergency back surgery and was unable to work for 6 months so we fell behind on everything relying only on his income. We had to forclose on our house less then a year ago. We have medical ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, I have approx $18,000 in credit card debt. I was making regular payments on those cards and then, with much regret, signed up with a debt settlement company. I signed with this company 9/30/10 and since then I have been sued by one creditor and the second creditor is still looking for payment. I also recently accrued approx ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, Have spoke with a local reliable debt relief service. They sent me papers on all my credit, debt/income ratio. Even though it’s grim, they did not say bankruptcy, but left it up to me. My credit score is 750, but my income does not outway the credit card debt, $24,000. Many medical bills & drug co-pays even with ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, My husband and I bought our house in 2007. Refinanced in 2009, Now our house is not worth what I paid and we have a high mortgage payment. I inherited the rental property and bought out my other 3 siblings last year. I have a mortgage on my house that I can no longer pay for. I also ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, I filed bankruptcy (chapter 13) about 14 months ago and the payments were set very high (around 890 a month) and have had trouble ever since making payments. I have a mortgage that is about 7 or 8 years old and i had put my 4 acres of land up as collateral. I am a little behind on ... Read More »

“Dear Lewis, I understand that a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy remains on a credit report for 10 years. Is this 10 years from date of Filing? Or 10 years from the actual Discharge? Thank you in advance, Dan” Dear Daniel, Yes, it can stay on your credit for up to 10 years. I honestly don’t know whether it is from filing ... Read More »