Question: Dear Steve, AGE 66 and husband is 61 tomorrow, I am considering going with a debt settlement co., it I have a friend that did this last year and he is being sued by Barclays and Walmart. I don’t want to get sued if I go the debt settlement route. My husband is having …
Yes, that’s right. As many consumers know, when they call one of the many commissioned sales representatives at the average debt relief company they hear about the incredible things the company can do to make debt go away. But did they tell you about the following potential benefits? If you’ve talked to a company who …
Question: Dear Steve, We have gotten buried in Pay Day and Installment Loans and see no way out. We have been turned down by Lending Club and others. National Debt Relief wants to help, but we aren’t sure. We have about $10,000-$15,000 worth of debt. We don’t want to have to file Bankruptcy. Are there …
Question: Hi Steve, First, love that you volunteer saving animals, I actually do the same! The reason I write you today is that for nearly two years I have been contemplating filing bankruptcy. Four years ago I came down with a debilitating disease and had to quit working altogether. Moved back with mom for day-to-day …
In the world of personal finance, credit concerns and debt issues, there is no single issue that is more misunderstood than bankruptcy. Recently the Federal Reserve Bank of New York came out with an exceptional report on the bankruptcy reform of 2005 — which made it tougher for people to file bankruptcy, and was the …
Having lived through bankruptcy myself I find it very interesting to observe the camps of bankruptcy lovers and haters. Admittedly I was once in the avoid bankruptcy camp because I just wasn’t well prepared for the experience and didn’t have the right frame of mind. But recent news of the Catholic church filing bankruptcy yet …
A press release out by Advantage Credit Counseling Service drew me to their site today. – Source. While there I came across a good example of the ethical conundrum facing nonprofit credit counselors today. Advance Credit Counseling Service is not alone in dealing with this problem. According to the Advantage Credit Counseling Service website they …
Avoid bankruptcy is advice you will often hear in the debt relief world. Companies, from non-profit credit counselors to for profit companies use that advice, sometimes well intentioned, and sometimes just to manipulate you. Companies that use the advice that consumers should avoid bankruptcy are simply amplifying the ingrained fear and prejudice that many have …
“Dear Steve, I have a credit card debt to the point were I cannot afford the minimum payments on most of my credit cards. The interest charges are also increasing the balances exponentially. I was approached by many credit card debt settlement companies. I tried a few to see if they could help me reduce …
“Dear Steve, I am a high school teacher-same school 24 years. We had a house fire 4 years ago, fought insurance company, ran up credit cards, then paid them all off. Then my husband’s job was disappeared; found a new one-not paid; now fighting the owner for non payment, looking for another. Credit cards maxed …