Do I have to
make any payments to my creditors before they will accept the proposed payment plan?
Not exact matches
Credit Bureaus are NOT real time so if you
make a
payment or payoff an account as in Jack's case it might be days or weeks
before the
creditor reports it
to the credit bureau and thus any FICO credit score change taken into account.
So you'll probably have
to fall behind on your
payments by at least 90 days
before you can
make a settlement offer that would be accepted by the
creditor.
Before attempting
to make a
payment or negotiate with the
creditor to pay off the balance due, the consumer should look into their state's statute time period.
Perhaps you were worried about keeping your car and chose
to pay it off
before filing without
making payments to your other
creditors.
You will have
to make one
payment every month
to the debt consolidation firm
before the chosen disbursement date and the firm will send your money
to each of your
creditors as agreed upon.
Creditors most likely want this money in full, so then you would need
to have it on hand
before you could
make the settlement
payment.
As long as you
make your missed required minimum
payment before the 30th day after your due date, you'll prevent any
creditor from reporting delinquency
to any of the credit bureaus.
The change is that companies offering debt relief services over the phone can not collect advance fees from you
before settling or reducing your debt,
before having an agreement for debt management or other services in place, or until you've
made at least one
payment to a
creditor as a result of a plan negotiated by the debt relief provider.
You ought
to be aware of credit counseling agencies and organizations that charge a high up - front or every month fee for signing up for credit counseling or a debt management plan, pressure you
to make voluntary contributions or use another name for fees, send you free pamphlets contained with information about the services they provide without requiring you
to provide personal financial information such as charge account numbers with balances, try
to enroll you in a debt management plan without spending the time
to review your current financial situation, offer
to sign you up for a debt management plan without trying
to help you with budgeting and money management skills, or require that you
make payments into a debt management plan
before your current
creditors have accepted you into the program.
If so, how many
payments will I have
to make before my
creditors will do so?
Section 310 (a)(1)(viii), as amended, will ensure that
before consumers sign any contracts with or
make any
payments to a debt relief company, they will be informed of pertinent material facts including, among other things: (i) how long it will take
to settle each debt; (ii) the cost
to settle each debt; (iii) that the service will not stop harassing
creditor calls or other collection efforts; (iv) that results are not guaranteed, and (v) that the settlement program may adversely impact the consumer's credit rating.
If,
before you file a bankruptcy petition, you stop
making payments, your
creditors have the right
to seize your property.
This means, for example, that both spouses signed a contract requiring them
to make payments, that both spouses» names were on an account or title, or that a
creditor considered both spouses» credit history
before making the sale or loan.
For those assets and debts you are going
to transfer
to the other person or change from joint
to individual, amend the account and title
before the divorce is final, that way you aren't relying on your ex-spouse
to make payments on a debt that is still classified by the
creditors as joint.