Articles revolving around debt related issues. These are geared towards advice for consumers and general debt news.
Forty million student debtors are waiting anxiously for President Biden’s loan forgiveness plan to kick in. Biden wants to knock off $10,000 from everyone’s student loans who makes less than $125,000 a year. That won’t mean much to people whose loans are in six figures, but it will mean a great deal to people with …
Being in debt feels like a dark hole, a deep pit, without hope or any way out. Struggling to find ways to make extra money can feel impossible as well. But the secret is both situations benefit from the same free tip Damon Day, and I talk about on this podcast. You can follow our …
Are you in an income-based repayment program? Have you been repaying your federal student loans for more than ten years? Have you tried to work with your servicer on a more reasonable payment plan? -or- Are you in default on your federal student loans? And have you been unemployed for at least 5 of the …
The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, and the Wisconsin Attorney General, filed suit today against Consumer Law Protection and related companies, along with their owners and operators, Christopher Carroll, George Reed, Louann Reed, Scott Jackson, and Eduardo Balderas for scamming consumers—mostly older adults—out of more than $90 million in a …
On November 17, the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Justice issued a 15-page document titled “Guidelines For Department Attorneys Regarding Student Loan Bankruptcy Litigation.” According to the memo, these guidelines aim “to enhance consistency and equity in the handling of [student-loan] bankruptcy cases.” These guidelines are bullshit and won’t do anything to …
The Department of Education just released a guidance document to the Department of Justice on what they feel should be done to allow people to discharge federal student loans, partially or entirely. While I applaud the efforts by the Department of Education, it seems like we’ve watched this movie before. This guidance is just that, …
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against DK Automation and its owners, Kevin David Hulse and David Shawn Arnett, for using unfounded claims of significant returns to entice consumers into moneymaking schemes involving Amazon business packages, business coaching, and cryptocurrency. The FTC’s complaint alleges that the defendants promised consumers that they could “generate passive income …
Worrying about being scammed by a debt relief provider is a real fear. But what is a scam? That question is surprisingly more challenging than you might imagine. In this podcast, Damon Day and I discuss why calling any debt rescue company a scam is so tricky. For example, if a company provides you with …
President Joe Biden made a campaign pledge to forgive $10,000 in federal student loans. In August 2022, Biden announced that he would fulfill that pledge and offer $10,000 in student-loan forgiveness to anyone whose income is less than $125,000. People who received Pell grants while in college are eligible for $20,000 in student-debt relief. Biden’s Department of Education immediately …
The federal student loan forgiveness program, so many people were going to eliminate $10,000 to $20,000 of their federal student loan debt, was halted by a federal court judge. You can follow Brown v. Department of Education for updates here. But Here is the Kicker Federal student loan payments are set to resume in January …