Financial institutions, credit card companies, and
other creditors typically sell their bad debt for pennies on the dollar to «boiler room» collection agencies.
Not exact matches
Typically these letters go to
creditors where the accounts are seriously delinquent or report
other questionable information.
Any
other belongings like
other houses or
other vehicles will be used to repay the
creditors and you will
typically loose them.
This is primarily because the
creditors understand that you
typically can not file a bankruptcy again for another 8 years, and you have no
other bills to pay, meaning you are a great credit risk and now have the ability to pay your new credit card bills.
For debts with collection agencies, medical providers, and certain
other creditors,
typically there's no minimum monthly payment (and often no interest charges).
In
other cases, collections agencies actually buy the debt from the
creditor and get their money back,
typically plus interest or
other fees, when they convince you to pay up.
This
typically includes insurers, landlords,
creditors and
others with a similar financial interest.
Finally, we have unsecured
creditors,
typically recorded as trade &
other payables.