Dealing With Debt and Defaults

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Does Bankruptcy Wipe Out All Your Debt? What Actually Disappears and What Stays
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Does Bankruptcy Wipe Out All Your Debt? What Actually Disappears and What Stays

Bankruptcy is not a magic eraser. It can wipe out a lot of unsecured debt, but it will not clean up every mistake. If you are t...

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Build a Debt Payoff Plan That Works When You’re Busy, Broke, and Over It
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Build a Debt Payoff Plan That Works When You’re Busy, Broke, and Over It

Most debt payoff advice sounds great until you try to follow it after a ten-hour shift. You don’t need a color-coded spreadshee...

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Filing for Bankruptcy: A Busy Person’s Guide to Stopping the Bleeding and Rebuilding
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Filing for Bankruptcy: A Busy Person’s Guide to Stopping the Bleeding and Rebuilding

Bankruptcy is not a magic eraser, and it is not a moral failure. It is a legal tool for when the math no longer works. If credi...

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How to Consolidate Multiple Debts Without Getting Scammed
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How to Consolidate Multiple Debts Without Getting Scammed

Multiple minimum payments are a special kind of torture. They eat your paycheck, wreck your due dates, and make progress invisi...

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How to Handle Debt Collectors Without Getting Bullied or Broke
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How to Handle Debt Collectors Without Getting Bullied or Broke

A debt collector on the phone can make your stomach drop. Maybe it’s a debt you forgot, maybe it’s not yours, maybe it’s so old...

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Filing for Bankruptcy When You’re Broke but Employed: What Actually Happens Next
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Filing for Bankruptcy When You’re Broke but Employed: What Actually Happens Next

Bankruptcy is not a moral report card. It’s a legal reset for people whose math stopped working. If you’re working full-time, b...

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How to Consolidate Multiple Debts Without Getting Burned
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How to Consolidate Multiple Debts Without Getting Burned

If you’re juggling three credit cards, a car loan, and a buy-now-pay-later tab, you’re not alone. Minimum payments feel like a ...

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How to Negotiate With Creditors When You Can’t Pay the Full Bill
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How to Negotiate With Creditors When You Can’t Pay the Full Bill

Pick up the phone before the account goes to collections. Creditors are not charities, but they are businesses. A business woul...

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Old Debt Can Expire for Lawsuits, But It Won’t Vanish on Its Own
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Old Debt Can Expire for Lawsuits, But It Won’t Vanish on Its Own

You get a call about a credit card you stopped paying years ago. The collector sounds serious. They mention lawyers, lawsuits, ...

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The Debt Payoff Plan That Works When You’re Busy, Broke, and Done With Minimum Payments
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The Debt Payoff Plan That Works When You’re Busy, Broke, and Done With Minimum Payments

Most people don’t need a complicated spreadsheet to get out of debt. You need a plan you can run in fifteen minutes a month. Wr...

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The Debt Management Plan Playbook for Busy People Who Just Want Their Paycheck Back
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The Debt Management Plan Playbook for Busy People Who Just Want Their Paycheck Back

If your credit card statements have turned into a stressful monthly guessing game, a debt management plan might be the least dr...

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Debt Management Plans: A No-Nonsense Way to Dig Out Without Losing Your Mind
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Debt Management Plans: A No-Nonsense Way to Dig Out Without Losing Your Mind

If you’re working full-time and debt is eating your paycheck, a debt management plan may sound like something only people with ...

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Filing for Bankruptcy When You Work for a Living: What It Really Means for Your Money and Credit
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Filing for Bankruptcy When You Work for a Living: What It Really Means for Your Money and Credit

If your paycheck is already spoken for before it hits your account, and you’re juggling calls from collectors, a bankruptcy fil...

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Old Debt and the Statute of Limitations: When You Can Legally Stop Paying
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Old Debt and the Statute of Limitations: When You Can Legally Stop Paying

If you have an old collection account hanging over your head, the statute of limitations may be your best defense. It is not a ...

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How to Negotiate With Creditors When Money Is Tight
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How to Negotiate With Creditors When Money Is Tight

When money gets tight, the phone starts ringing and the pile of bills feels impossible. But you have more power than you think....

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Chapter 7 or Chapter 13? How to Choose Bankruptcy That Actually Helps
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Chapter 7 or Chapter 13? How to Choose Bankruptcy That Actually Helps

Bankruptcy feels like a giant red FAIL sign. But it’s a legal tool. If you’re drowning in debt and your paycheck disappears bef...

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When a Debt Collector Calls About a Debt You Don’t Recognize
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When a Debt Collector Calls About a Debt You Don’t Recognize

If your phone buzzes and a stranger says you owe money you’ve never heard of, your first instinct might be to pay just to make ...

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How to Deal With Debt Collectors Without Wrecking Your Credit
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How to Deal With Debt Collectors Without Wrecking Your Credit

A call from a debt collector can make your stomach drop. You’re already working long hours, paying bills, and trying to keep yo...

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Defaulted Loan? How to Fix It Without Wrecking Your Credit
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Defaulted Loan? How to Fix It Without Wrecking Your Credit

A defaulted loan feels like a financial black eye, but it is not a life sentence. Default means you missed payments long enough...

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How to Consolidate Multiple Debts Without Wrecking Your Credit
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How to Consolidate Multiple Debts Without Wrecking Your Credit

If you’re juggling three credit cards, a car loan, and a medical bill, you don’t need a finance degree. You need fewer payments...

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