Category Archives: unsecured debt

Bankruptcy

Terrible Debt Relief Advice from Suzie Orman

Wow, Suzie Orman really told an 81 year-old woman, who earns only a fixed $600 a month from social secu­rity, to make sure she pro­tects her FICO score and con­tinue to pay the min­i­mum bal­ances on her credit cards. In the Oprah Mag­a­zine this month, Ms. Orman was asked, “After tak­ing out cash […]

consumer debt

Do It Yourself Debt Settlement

This site rein­forces the con­cept that the major­ity of debt set­tle­ment com­pa­nies are a scam — employ­ees at one firm have been …Read the Rest

consumer debt

Debt Settlement Firms: What Are They Good For? Absolutely Nothing! (Good Gawd)

This arti­cle out­lines some issues when deal­ing with a debt set­tle­ment com­pany. Although the final analy­sis of this arti­cle is …Read the Rest

Mortgage Financing

Navigating the mortgage relief assistance maze: 8 questions you should ask before choosing a mortgage mitigation firm

For debt set­tle­ment, bor­row­ers can nor­mally do bet­ter on their own. For mort­gage mod­i­fi­ca­tion, a lawyer can be of assi­tance — …Read the Rest

credit card

Negotiate to reduce Credit Card Interest Rate

The Credit Card Act has pro­vided a great deal of added pro­tec­tion for con­sumers in the use of credit cards and the manor in which banks can mar­ket to its cus­tomers. How­ever, one area that was not addressed was lim­it­ing the rate that can be charged after proper notice is pro­vided to exist­ing cus­tomers. As […]