“Dear Steve, 40K in cc debt…been in collections for at least a year with a recent summons from Discover. Have been unemployed off and on, trying to find full time work for approx. 6 yrs and just landed a ft job at $14/hour. Working per diem jobs as well. Really don’t want to do BK..I …
“Dear Steve, I work full time, and do extra jobs just to make it each month. We have credit card debt (our own fault) approxiamately 20,0000.00 with the economy inflation paying monthly bills-home, food, electric etc. has been a struggle. We have stopped paying 3 credit cards due to being short on money, we did …
“Dear Steve, I am looking to get out of debt. I do not want to file bankruptcy or settle the debt. I just want one monthly payment to pay it all back. I have fair credit, own a home and am unable to refinance because there is no equity. Between my husband and I, we …
Over the past five years, we have adopted two children through international adoption. We now have five kids total, all under the age of 18. Around the same time we were going through the process of bringing our kids home, we had some major unexpected home repairs. I am embarrassed to admit this, but we …
“Dear Steve, My husband and I separated about 3 years ago, with that in mind we both did the most selfish thing- we spent on our credit cards. We racked up so much on our credit cards, that we did not even realize how bad we had put ourselves in debt. Fortunately we got back …
“Dear Steve, I was unemployed for over a year and I am now working. However, my husband and I depleted our savings and got behind on some bills. I have crunched the numbers many times, but I keep coming up with same…we don’t have enough money to get caught up. I have requested a mondifiaction …
I am forever faced with people who tell me that no matter how bad their financial situation is they will never consider bankruptcy as an option. Now I understand to that person, the thought of bankruptcy is reprehensible. They feel it is morally wrong or against their religion. They feel it is a violation of …
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Deanna “Dear Steve, I also am having many issues with Allegro. I have stopped my payments to them and am working with my 2 creditors on my own. One creditor will lower my total due by $2,000, but I have to pay 3 payments of 2700.00 and I cannot do this. I do not want …
Sheila “Dear Steve, When I bought my house about 9 years ago, I underestimated the expenses that come along with home ownership and began living above my means. I began using my credit card more and more (paying for home services, car repairs, fees and living expenses). I accumulated more cards to “take advantage of” …