| You
can get rid of harassing phone calls and threatening letters.
A trained financial counselor will work with you and your
creditors to consolidate everything you owe into one simple
monthly payment.
Consolidation
of Credit Card Debt
Congress
made it harder to file for bankruptcy when it changed the
laws in November 2005. Filing bankruptcy no longer automatically
wipes away your debts. If you pass a means test, you have
to enter into a five-year repayment plan. You no longer get
immediate protections against landlord evictions, lawsuits
for child support, debt collection actions, and so forth.
The tougher
new laws come at a time when household debt is at an all-time
high.
For example,
according to 2005 statistics from Fair Isaac, the company
that invented the FICO credit rating system:
Statistics
Confirm:
- The
average American household has thirteen credit cards.
- The
typical consumer has $19,000 in available credit;
- One
in seven uses at least 80% of his or her credit card limit.
Bankruptcy
filings went down after the new law passed, but today they
are up as high as ever. Courts handle about 2,500 new bankruptcies
cases A DAY.
If you
are having money problems because of too much debt, you are
not alone. But there may be a better way to solve your problems
than filing for bankruptcy.
The
Smart Alternative to Bankruptcy
A credit
card debt consolidation loan puts all your monthly payments
into just one payment, usually at a lower interest rate than
what you pay now.
You won’t
have to experience the public embarrassment of bankruptcy
and the problems it causes with your future credit history.
A counselor
is waiting to work with you personally, and to help you through
the process of getting debt-free. You can get out of the “credit
spiral” that means you make only minimum payments and
never ever get ahead.
No matter
how or why you got into debt, there is help available right
now. . |