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Student Loan Debt Burden  From: Top Colleges Online; About this Student Loan Infograph At Top Colleges Online, we believe that education is important but that the cost of education and the large amounts of debt that most students take on are major problems. To highlight the problem we designed an infographic titled The Walking Debt, to [...]

Student Loan Debt Burden [infographic]

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Making a partial payment on a debt, even making a written promise to pay may extend the clock to legally enforce the debt. Did you read that? We sure hope so because a large majority of people in the United States have no idea that debts expire. DEBTS DO EXPIRE. A bill collector may contact [...]

Time Barred Debts – What You Need To Know

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What’s worse than preying on people with bad credit? Probably preying on our service members. Some companies try to lure in military service members for what they claim are special rates or loans, but in truth, it’s really preying on their needs or belief of special offers because of their military status. For military service [...]

Military Financial Protection – Military Lending Act

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A Chapter 7 bankruptcy is often referred to as a straight BK because you normally have no assets to speak of or do not qualify for a payback plan like you see under a chapter 13. People who file for chapter 7 bankruptcy usually claim all debts in the proceeding and walk away clean. A [...]

What Happens to a Deficiency Balance in a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

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catastrophic language breeds catastrophic results.  That quote says a lot. The impact of words stream onto our credit reports and has catastrophic results. One of the reasons that “credit bureau mistakes” is such a hot topic button is because of their impact on people’s lives. No one would blink an eye if the result of a negative credit history [...]

Negative Credit History – Catastrophic Results

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Happy New Score! 2012 is your year to have better credit In these tough economic times, its harder than ever to get favorable credit terms. A blemish here or there is just enough to make potential creditors worry that you may be too much of a risk. For 2012 a new plan could be just [...]

Your 2012 Credit Repair Plan – Be Diverse

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Thanks to a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, credit card disputes between lenders and consumers can no longer be settled in court. The ruling, reported today by Credit.com is worrisome to credit card carriers because it further enforces the arbitration clause so many of us already dread. Over the recent years, credit card companies [...]

Court No Longer An Option For Credit Card Disputes

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Used Car Dealers Car Repossession Tactics Could Stop with New Bill New Bill would regulate used car lots that charge sky-high interest, inflate car prices and repossess the same car over and over for profit. According to the LA Times; Focusing on customers with bad credit, dealers often charge triple the book value for older used cars [...]

Used Car Dealers “Car Repossession” Tactics About To Change?

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Well this is ironic. A Saudi businessman apparently lost his collection agency business because it was deemed by a court ruling that the operation was not a “legal firm”. Having lost the collection agency business and being unable to qualify for aid, the man placed an ad on Facebook offering to sell his son for [...]

Bill Collector Tries To Sell Son To Pay Bills