Consumer Debt Articles
Question: Dear Steve, I filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2010 and my tuition answer loans look like they were included in the list of debtors as “Chela” at the time. Originally taken out through Sallie Mae. I was made…
The word inflation is used all the time, but what does it really mean, how do we measure it, and what happens when we try to reduce it? Let’s talk about it in today’s shortcast. Listen to the Podcast You…
What began as a discussion about inflation, recession possibilities, and deleting debt, turned into a look inside the side hustle project and life. This week, Damon Day and I present another Debt Free Dudes podcast. Enjoy. Listen to the Podcast…
by Craig Silverman and Bianca FortisTo his more than 150,000 followers on Instagram, Dr. Martin Jugenburg is Real Dr. 6ix, a well-coiffed Toronto plastic surgeon posting images and video of his work sculpting the decolletage, tucking the tummies and lifting…
LendingTree conducted a study, and out of the 1,600 surveyed, nearly 40 percent admitted overspending to impress others. The primary categories were clothes, shoes, or accessories. But if four out of ten admitted this, you know the number is much…
The Bottle Rockets, whose music has been compared to Woodie Guthrie’s, sing a poignant tune about a thousand-dollar car: A thousand dollar car, it ain’t worth nothin’ A thousand-dollar car, it ain’t worth shit Might as well take your thousand dollars…
Debt Relief Industry
I received a tip from a reader that said “Sean Robert[s] as CEO doing mortgage loans again FYI.” They said the company was: Premier Financial Marketing LLC Entity: Limited Liability Company (LLC) Industry: Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers Location: Irvine,…
Almost half of seniors have incomes within 200% of the poverty line. They are classified as economically vulnerable and retire owing more debt than ever before. It is natural then that seniors with financial problems would search for someone to…
An email from Denise Dunckel, the CEO of the American Fair Credit Council (AFCC), has ruffled some feathers in the debt settlement industry. AFCC is a trade association for debt settlement providers and associated companies. They have been around for…
Yesterday I wrote about the misfortunes of Daniel Rufty, a new North Carolina attorney that learned some very hard lessons about being a local representative for a debt settlement company. You can read that post here. Rufty sued Jason Blust,…
I just discovered the misfortunes of Daniel S. Rufty, an attorney in North Carolina that was brought before the North Carolina State Bar for his debt relief business. Rufty was a brand new attorney hired to represent an out-of-state group…
Financial companies will face consequences for illegally manipulating or suppressing consumer reviews. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued policy guidance regarding potentially illegal practices related to consumer reviews. The CFPB seeks to ensure that customers can write reviews,…