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When Natassia Smick, 28, filed her family’s taxes in January, she already had plans for the refund she and her husband expected to receive. Mainly, she wanted to catch up on her credit card debt. And she was pregnant with their second child, so there were plenty of extra expenses ahead. Since Smick, who is …
Question: Dear Jon, I have been working in Qatar for the past few months and had to leave after getting news that my mum was unwell. When I left I had a balance of 5300 QAR on my account, around about 1200 GBP. The bank has not been in touch with me however I am …
Question: Dear Steve, I moved to Central America a few years ago and all was well until I lost a large sum of money on a scam and owed some 70K in CC debt. They are all closed now but have heard nothing from them since a year ago and I may be able to …
Question: Dear Steve, I am being sued for a credit card debt for $602.30. It was bought by a couple of groups and finally, LVNV owns it and they went to Ga Magistrate court. I did reply basically saying I could not verify so I have a court date in about 10 days. They did …
Question: Dear Steve, Attended ITT Technical and was deceived by their recruiters. I filed a Borrowers Defense to repayment-previously but never heard back from the Department of Education. I now have come up with more supporting documentation. Can I file an “amended” BTR online? Charles Answer: Dear Charles, Well, this falls under the heading of …
Question: Dear Steve, I’m in a total of $33,000 in debt with credit cards and one loan. I spoke with a person at Simple Path financial. I asked if I could have the contract emailed to review it but the person said that it would be reviewed over the phone with me. I would sign …
Question: Dear Steve, Married with kids. A masters degree in Urban planning. Long story Since I have trust issues and self-worth issues that come from untreated and misdiagnosed CPTSD I attempted to bootstrap myself into a better situation by getting a lot of education. Now I have a lot of education and a ton of …
Question: Dear Steve, Asking this for a dear friend who co-signed her son’s student loan and now he has defaulted on the loan. She was unaware. Her son supposedly consolidated other loans but states he “thought” this one was included. Well, it wasn’t. She is greatly distressed. She can’t get any real answers from her …
Question: Dear Steve, Medical expenses medical bills. I’m in disability my income is my social security benefits. I bought furniture at Conns I can’t make the payment can I return the furniture and ask for some repayment plan? Thank you. Rosa Answer: Dear Rosa, Returns are different based on the merchant. It looks like you …
Question: Dear Steve, Graduated with BA in American History from the University of Hartford in 2012 with 138k in loans, both private and federal. Paying approx $1300 per month since I graduated. I’ve done everything I was told/am supposed to do and have paid approx 84k and my loans have only gone down to about …