While you can get out of debt, you can’t do it quickly. Unfortunately, this isn’t what you want to hear when you find yourself living paycheck to paycheck. Big debts (e.g., student loans, home mortgages) don’t help. In fact, they frequently make the situation worse. The best ways to get out of debt are to …
How To Use Secured Credit Cards To Repair Your Credit
Have you heard about the snowball method of debt repayment? This system requires you to first place as much income as possible towards paying off your smallest debt. You’ll continue to make minimum payments on other debts. Once you’ve paid off one debt, you start working on your next smallest debt until everything is paid …
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Implications Of Stopping Your Credit Card Payments
When you stop the payments on your credit card, you can pretty much expect a poor credit score, charging of late fees, and increased interest. If you are facing some unexpected circumstances such as heavy medical bills or unemployment and you are faced with more debt than you are capable of repaying, it will be …
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How To Improve Your Credit Score After Filing Bankruptcy
Improving your credit score and maintaining financial freedom after filing bankruptcy is possible. You need to take a few steps after filing bankruptcy. Your credit score is bound to be at its lowest if you had filed for bankruptcy recently. While taking such steps, some debts remain unpaid or partially repaid. Thus, such occurrence directly …
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Fear Of Medical Bankruptcy Among Americans
It is indicated in a Gallup survey that half of the U.S. citizens worries about the fact that they can be driven to medical bankruptcy in case of a medical event. This is a 5% rise in the number of Americans that expressed similar fears a year earlier. Young Americans aged between 18 to 29 …
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Why Is Good Credit Important?
Did you know that the average American today has a credit score of 704? How does your credit score stack up in comparison? If your score is lower than the national average, try not to get too stressed out. We at The Weller Legal Group can help with improving your credit score for the better. …
4 Benefits of Credit Repair
Benefit #1: People with poor credit are unable to obtain car loans, credit cards, or even an apartment in their own name. In a credit-driven world, a ruined credit reputation or a status of being deemed “unworthy for credit” is both a stigma and a drawback in everyday life. A primary benefit of working to …
Is Credit Repair The Right Move Post-Bankruptcy?
Anecdotally speaking, filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy can be – in and of itself – a relief. Most people who take the step of filing a bankruptcy petition have been in a state of fret and worry for months – maybe years – in the period leading up to the filing. The constancy of vexing …
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Credit Repair – Or – Bankruptcy?
“To file, or not to file? … THAT is A question.” That is a question that thousands of debt-burdened debtors ask on an annual basis: “Should I file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy?” Another question often asked is: “What are the alternatives to filing for bankruptcy?” And: “If any”? This writer is of the belief that …
How Does Bankruptcy Affect My Credit Score?
There is no questioning that filing for bankruptcy is something that can have all sorts of impact on your life. For instance, it’s a major life decision that might affect your employment opportunities, where you can live and might even affect your relationships with others. Quite clearly, it might be a full-on life-changing event. It …
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