My guest today is Ted Michalos and we've been
talking about debt settlement.
Then the conventional wisdom starts
talking about debt settlement if you don't qualify for credit counseling.
When
talking about debt settlement, trusting this serious deal to professional negotiators is a matter of necessity!
Not exact matches
Talk to one of our paralegals
about your situation and they can transfer you to one of our
Debt Settlement Specialists.
While this is not related to hate, it did remind me of the April 2013 article in insidearm.com that
talked about why 50 % of collectors surveyed said they did not «engage
debt settlement providers.»
If you prefer not to
talk to the collector
about that
debt, especially if a
settlement company is handling the account, you can send a written request that you not be contacted
about the
debt.
Don't forget to
talk about tax
debt settlement.
In the instance of
debt settlement negotiations,
talk about what you are able to do, not
about the fact that you are unable to fulfill the original terms of your agreement.
For more details, please visit our Tax
Debt Settlement page or contact a bankruptcy trustee to
talk about how you can find relief from outstanding tax
debts.
An article in The Hill
talks about how the
Debt Settlement industry is now hiring lobbyists to meet with members of Congress in order to make their case to continue to exist.
Now you were
talking about offering this
settlement and how that all works, I'd like to get into a bit of that but we're going to take a quick break first, and we're going to come back and
talk more
about consumer proposals with Ted Michalos here on
Debt Free in 30.
Be cautious
about debt counseling firms that try to
talk you into a
debt settlement program that requires making monthly deposits with them to pay off bills.
The purpose of this calculator is to not
talk you out of credit counseling or
debt settlement but to assist you to make a more informed decision
about the future costs to you.
Debt settlement can have a big impact on your personal finances let's talk about when debt settlement is a smart decision and when perhaps it's
Debt settlement can have a big impact on your personal finances let's
talk about when
debt settlement is a smart decision and when perhaps it's
debt settlement is a smart decision and when perhaps it's not.
Talk to your lender
about a
debt settlement or a repayment plan.
This term will apply to whatever applicable law each state has regulating a wide range of services from simply charging a fee to
talk to consumers over the phone
about their
debts right through credit counseling,
debt management plans and
debt settlement plans.
The inside of the mailer
talks about being eligible for
debt settlement as a result of the Governmental Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.
«I'm looking forward to
talking about how
debt settlement continues to be a reliable option for consumers in
debt as well as for creditors,» Leuthold said.
Be careful
about who you choose to
talk to, and
about what you say, and be sure that you don't sign anything unless you're completely confidant that the
debt settlement company will be able to save you more money than they'll charge (try to get a guarantee of that in writing!).
Here you're
talking about DIY
debt settlement.
So we were
talking in the last segment
about debt settlements which are a good option for a very limited number of people.
IF YOU HAVE MAJOR COLLECTIONS >> >
SETTLEMENT CAN OFTEN WORK if you get a lump sum of money after being in collections... take that amount... split it up at
about 60 percent per
debt... offer them 40 % and then they will often
talk you back up to that 60 and be able to accept it.