Personal loans are helpful when you’re in a financial bind. However, after filing bankruptcy it may be a while before you can qualify for one of these loans at a low-interest rate. You may also find the entire process challenging, but it isn’t impossible. Here are a few things you should know if you find …
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Your FICO score is a 3-digit number that you receive based on your credit report. The number helps the lenders in deciding the possibility of you returning a loan. It also affects the amount you can borrow, the number of months you get for repayment, and how much this loan is going to cost in …
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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Debt consolidation is also termed credit consolidation and it is a method for merging several debts into one lower-interest debt. This is many times done when you have incurred several high-interest debts such as credit card bills and personal loans. Debt consolidation will lower the monthly payments partially by raising the time for repayment. It …
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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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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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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