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Asset Rich But Cash Poor. Want to Settle My Debt and Pay for Delete

“Dear Steve, I have a different problem than a lot of your readers. I have lots of assets, but my income is very limited. I have property worth about a million dollars, but because it is more than 5 acres with a manufactured home no one will loan against it. In about 2 years will …

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My Daughter Was an Authorized User and Ran Up My Debt. I Have Cash to Settle. – Sharon

“Dear Steve, 23K on credit card debt. I am retired and do not make enough to pay these credit card bills any longer. I let my daughter be an authorized user on 2 credit cards. She and her husband both lost their jobs and just recently broke up. I have been able to make the …

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I Have One Credit Card I Want to Settle. Who Should I Use to Do This? – Rene

“Dear Steve, I am recently employed again after 19 months of unemployment after a corporate downsize. Somehow I managed to keep my house and not fall terribly behind in most of my payments… but I subsequently used up all of my savings, CDs, 401k and money market accounts. I also have a significant amount of …

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Is It True My Creditor Might Take Less Than The Full Balance as Payment in Full? – Larry

“Dear Steve, I have credit card debt, can afford more than the minimum payments but not the entire balance. Is there truth to the fact that issuers will accept a lower amount as a balance payoff? And is there any formula to this? e.g., would Chase take 2k in one payment to settle a 5k …

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