Debt Settlement

Dealing With Debt Collectors: Be Their Friends

Kevin Yu | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Debt Collection Harassment, Debt Collectors, Debt Settlement, Debt Collection Industry, Debt Collection, Paying Off Debt, Dealing With Debt, Money News
Kevin Yu

Debt collection agencies are used to being yelled and cursed at, so why not take the opposite approach and try to be their friends?

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Are Attorney Backed Debt Settlement Programs Safe?

Kevin Yu | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Debt Settlement Industry, Get Out of Debt, Debt Settlement, Attorney Backed Debt Settlement, Budget, Debt Settlement Strategies, Final-Telemarketing-Sales-Rule, Money News
Kevin Yu

Just because a debt settlement company is "attorney backed" does not mean that an actual attorney will be negotiating their debts.

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Janell Ross

Foreclosure Rescue Scams Proliferate After Recession

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Video, Foreclosure Rescue, Mortgage Modification, Debt Settlement, Financial Scams, Business News

From the looks of the mortgage relief companies Christopher Mallett has marketed in recent years, offering lower payments and new loan terms to troubl...

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Dealing With Debt Collectors

Jason Alderman | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Credit Report, Debt Settlement, Debt Collections, Business News
Jason Alderman

Ideally, you should contact your lender as soon as you realize you may have difficulty paying a bill. They would much rather work out a repayment plan than enter the costly and time-consuming collections process.

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Feds Strengthen Debt Settlement Rules

Jason Alderman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Debt Settlement, Federal Trade Commission, Credit Counseling, Healthy Living News
Jason Alderman

When faced with overwhelming debt, many people don't know where to turn: Should they file for bankruptcy, consolidate their debts into one loan to be ...

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New Rule Cracks Down On Debt Settlement Industry

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Better Business Bureau, Credit Card, Debt Settlement Industry, Debt Settlement, Credit Card Laws, Ftc, Business News

NEW YORK — Companies that promise to reduce or eliminate credit card balances and other debt for customers will no longer be allowed to charge an up...

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Mired In Debt? Here's How To Dig Out Safely

DailyFinance | SHERYL NANCE-NASH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sheryl Nance-Nash, Debt Consolidation, Debt, Bankruptcy, Ftc, Credit Karma, Consumer Recovery Network, Debt Settlement, Federal Trade Commission, Business News

William Caniano used to work with a debt-settlement company and discusses the practice, among other topics, in his forthcoming book, The Art of Bullsp...

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A Vaccine Against Debt Settlement Sickness

Lisa Madigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Fraud, Illinois Attorney General, Debt Settlement, Lisa Madigan, Chicago, Chicago News
Lisa Madigan

The signing into law of my office's initiative -- the Illinois Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act -- will provide Illinois consumers with the strongest protection in the nation against the abuses of debt settlement companies.

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