Doug Hoyes and Ted Michalos discussed the problem with unregulated
debt consultants on «Ask the Experts» in Waterloo Region.
Not exact matches
By putting control of the business in the hands of a man who seemed «perfect»
on the outside, but without doing due diligence, had the
consultant skimming the profits and ultimately declaring bankruptcy, leaving Williams and Molinaro responsible for the
debt on the chain.
Interest
on the new bond issue will be about 7 percent, but final calculations of how much interest will accrue over the
debt retirement schedule is unavailable until the bonds are sold, said Tom Chapman of Blunt, Ellis and Loewi Inc., financial
consultants to the park district.
Our Certified
Debt Consultants will consider all the details of your financial situation and advise you
on the best way forward when they give you the free evaluation.
A
debt consultant does the same work
on behalf of a debtor.
It's for this reason that I was quite pleased to see the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy (OSB) issue a report
on their review of the involvement of
debt consultants in the administration of consumer proposals in Canada.
Eventually the Ontario government cracked down
on these types of
debt consultants — introducing
debt settlement legislation in 2015.
Ted Michalos: In fact if somebody's asking them for significant upfront fees, then they're probably not dealing with a licensed trustee, they're dealing with someone called a
debt consultant and you don't want to get me going
on these days cause that's a whole other program.
Instead, 4 Pillars acts as a
consultant / intermediary working solely
on behalf of the debtor to navigate the complex and confusing
debt industry and advocates for them to help find and implement the very best solution based
on their long - term financial goals and dreams.
In addition to
debt solutions, its
consultants focus
on «proper credit rebuilding, financial literacy, and the hand - holding that it takes to help them re-engineer what the next three to five years look like,» Troy said.
With a comprehensive selection of mortgage options from which to choose, and dedicated Mortgage
Consultants on hand every step of the way,
debt consolidation through loan refinance is a quick, simple process.
Although a quick search online will provide many offers for dealing with
debt, a
debt consultant can not help you to file bankruptcy
on your own.
The
debt consultants will recommend a
debt solution to you depending
on the results of your free evaluation.
When using the calculator people will always undersestimate what they spend
on a monthly basis or they will be guided by the banking
consultant to provide a lower number which of course leaves more money available to reduce the
debt.
So why not try a
debt consultant that offers to «settle your
debts for 30 cents
on the dollar» instead?
Now, Heather I hear ads all the time for companies that say hey, we can settle your
debt for 30 cents
on the dollar, so my question to you is if I'm somebody who's got a bunch of
debt, why would I go to you and pay a 100 cents
on the dollar when I can go to one of these
debt consultants or
debt settlement companies and only pay 30 cents
on the dollar?
Fourth, in many cases the
debt consultant is not doing anything that you couldn't do
on your own.
Ted Michalos: I mean if the whole reason that you went to the
debt settlement guy or the
debt consultant guy in the first place was you were afraid of having your wages garnisheed or your bank account frozen, you're missing payments
on your truck or house and you're afraid of repossession, well a
debt consultant can't provide you with any legal protection.
Alan is also
on the board and is a member of the firm's wholly owned subsidiary Project Management
Consultants, which provides owner's representative, consulting and public and private
debt structuring services to a wide range of stakeholders in the construction and development industry.