Often it is easier to obtain credit
cards after filing a bankruptcy than prior to filing.
Not exact matches
Unfortunately,
filing for
bankruptcy leaves credit severely damaged for no less than seven years
after the debts are discharged, making it difficult to secure new debt for a home, a vehicle, or a credit
card in the future.
Make a $ 450,000 home loan with 3 % down to a couple making $ 35,000 a year working at Starbucks; already burdened with $ 90,000 in student loans, $ 20,000 in credit
card debt and FICO scores of 610,
after they tell the loan officer they make $ 120,000 as senior managers of a large multi national corporation When they default on the home loan,
file bankruptcy to discharge student and credit
card debt and start living in section 8 housing, you now have a new brother and sister.
In this month alone Saints alltime leading rusher Deuce McAllister
filed for
bankruptcy protection for the Jackson, Miss., car dealership he owns; Panthers receiver Muhsin Muhammad put his mansion in Charlotte up for sale on eBay a month
after news broke that his entertainment company was being sued by Wachovia Bank for over due credit -
card payments; and penniless former NFL running back Travis Henry was jailed for nonpayment of child support.
Democratic Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa resigned last week
after it was revealed she had a «green
card» marriage and made a false
bankruptcy filing.
If you qualify for an unsecured credit
card after filing for
bankruptcy, the terms you receive will be less than desirable: low credit limits, stiff fees, and high interest rates.
A
bankruptcy hurts your credit score for a long time
after the
filing, making it harder to qualify for unsecured credit
cards with low interest rates, high credit limits and rewards programs.
After receiving the
bankruptcy notification, if the creditor believes you ran up your credit -
card balance before
filing, it can challenge the request to eliminate some or all of what you owe him.
For more information see: Can You Keep a Credit
Card After Filing for
Bankruptcy?
Don't use credit
cards after meeting with a
bankruptcy attorney unless you've decided not to
file.
Creditor companies often send debtors offers for credit
cards after they
filed for
bankruptcy knowing that it will be 8 years before they can
file for
bankruptcy again.
Bankruptcy can eliminate unsecured debt such as credit
cards, but requires that secured debts be paid
after filing if the debtor wishes to keep the colatteral (car, home, boat etc.) In some -LSB-...]
After you
file for
bankruptcy, your credit report should reflect zero balances on credit
cards and lenders are permanently prevented from trying to collect.
Most of the credit
card offers you can get
after filing bankruptcy come with very high interest rates, annual fees, monthly maintenance fees, lower limits, and short payment periods.
You will need to start rebuilding your credit as soon as possible, but you really need to beware of new credit
card offers
after filing bankruptcy.
While many consumers,
after filing bankruptcy, avoid new credit at all costs due to the fear of repeating past mistakes, it's crucial to your credit restoration success that you begin rebuilding your credit by opening a secured credit
card, retail or gas
card, or purchasing a new vehicle — if your previous vehicle was relinquished during the
bankruptcy.
Quit using the credit
cards (using credit that you don't intend to repay is fraudulent) and quit making payments on them (once you've decided to
file bankruptcy, making payments on credit
cards is just throwing good money
after bad).
In general, we advise clients to consider a secured credit
card, a small unsecured credit
card or a small loan as a way to begin the process of rebuilding credit
after filing a
bankruptcy or consumer proposal.
Many professionals will tell you that
bankruptcy vanishes
after 7 - 10 years, however, whenever you open a credit
card, buy a house, buy a new car, or take out a student or personal loan, you are almost always asked if you have ever
filed for
bankruptcy.
You may be thinking that credit
cards are evil, especially
after filing for
bankruptcy.