Who Should I Apply With for Help With My Bank of America Mortgage? – Stephanie

“Dear Steve, I am a single mother, 30yr fixed mortgage @ 5.375% =$910 Co-borrower: mother Remaining term: 28yrs, 10 months Association Dues=$110 (plus an additional $350 was due by this year’s end! and is finally paid off) Far too much credit card debt for my comfort=$3,500 total Student Loans=$60/mo Auto=$235/mo. Still owe appx $7,000 Utilities, …

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My DMP Isn’t Going Well. What Are My Options? – Karen

“Dear Steve, I have been on a DMP with Hess Kennedy/First Consumer Debt Consolidation for about 3 years. Debt started around 70 k and is now about 20k. I am looking to get them out of the picture (creditors didn’t receive last month’s payment- a whole other story.) All of my creditors except one, Bank …

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Should I Get a Forensic Audit? The Owner Shot His Wife In The Head. – Brenda

“Dear Steve, Purchased a lot in Waverly Georgia called Bridge Pointe at Jekyll Island on 12/2007 from Land Resources for $509,000. Loan for $446,000. Interest only payment $2,600 mth. Current property value less than 40,000. Property never appraised at $509,000 but Bank of America wrote a justification for loan based on future amenities and infrastructure …

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What Are My Options For Getting Bank of America to Lower my 27.99% Credit Card Interest Rate? – Chris

“Dear Steve, My situation concerns Bank of America. Last november BoA lowered my limit from 16000 to 15000. at the time my balance was around 14700. When my minimum payment hit me it sent me over my new limit and defaulted me and I was charged with a 27.99% interest rate. The extra interest fees …

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Are Lloyd Ward and Associates Truthful? – Mitchel

owe over 22000.00 on 2 credit cards to Bank of America. have talked to Lloyed Ward and Ass. are they truthful and can them be trusted.Heard a lot of bad stories about this type of thing. Don’t want to lose every thing I do have because some company takes the money and runs. Bankrupty isn’t …

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Biggest Banks Nailed by Foreclosure Paperwork Problems

by Marian Wang, ProPublica Three of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers have halted foreclosures as scrutiny increases over whether they verify the required paperwork. Several other servicers have also been faulted for foreclosure affidavits that were signed without much authentication, but they have not yet halted foreclosures. Last week, we noted that the discovery of …

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I Have Accounts With AMEX and B of A That Are About to go to Collections. – Edward

Edward “Dear Steve, I am not a great storyteller so here is my situation- I have three accts with AMEX that are charged off and are about to go to collections total is about $8,000 I have credit acct with BoA that is charged off to the tune of $5,000, I don’t know what to …

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Jairo Wants to Stop Paying His Bank of America Clean Sweep Debt Consolidation Loan

Jairo “Dear Steve, I opened that Bank of America Clean Sweep six months ago and I keep paying every month a little more than the minimum but the amount is almost the same and they reduce my credit card from $7000 to $500. My wife’s job is giving her less hours every month and she …

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I Would Like to Consolidate My Debt, However I’m Having a Difficult Time Finding Someone Who Will – Laurie

“Dear Steve, I am current of all of my debt. Do not have any past due debt. I do have about 25,000 in credit card debt and would like to consolidate, however am having a difficult time finding someone. Also, my main problem is that I have a Bank of America card fo 12,000 that …

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I Am Married With Five Children and Struggling to Get By. Ken

“Dear Steve, I was self/unemployed after a layoff for about 3 years, until about a year ago. I had about $60K of home equity, but accumulated about $80K in credit card debt (I had no debt going into the period). We live very frugally, with hand me downs, Goodwil,l and 200K+ mile minivans. In the …

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