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Credit Card Debt Settlement Is a Delicate Dance

Everywhere you look, you see self-help content that explicitly tells you, or else implicitly operates on the assumption that winning at all costs is the only acceptable option. The Internet, where everyone antagonizes each other openly, seems to be united in the belief that everyone who does not get what they want through honest or…

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Structured Debt Management

You have the right to file for bankruptcy protection a theoretically unlimited number of times, provided that you are immortal, but there are waiting periods for how soon you can file after your previous bankruptcy filing. It is possible that you can start borrowing again, and your credit card debt can pile up before you are…

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Earned Income Tax Credit

If the retailers of the world had their way, everyone would spend their tax refunds on cars, furniture, and other fun stuff that they had kept their eyes on all year but had never been able to afford while living paycheck to paycheck. You have a better idea, though. You have spent your tax refunds on splurges…

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Is House Hacking the Solution to Your Mortgage Woes?

Walking away from homeownership and surrendering your house to the bank to avoid foreclosure is a heart-wrenching decision because there is no telling whether the financial stability you once enjoyed in your house will ever return. If at all possible, the best long-term solution is to buy time with your mortgage lender, hold onto your…

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Bankruptcy Bougie Style

You have gotten as far in your plans to file for bankruptcy as reading the bankruptcy FAQ page of the website of your county’s court system; therefore, you know that, at least in theory, no one is too rich or too poor to file for bankruptcy. Of course, you are probably reading this website on the…

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Credit Card Debt Settlement Is a Delicate Dance

Everywhere you look, you see self-help content that explicitly tells you, or else implicitly operates on the assumption that winning at all costs is the only acceptable option. The Internet, where everyone antagonizes each other openly, seems to be united in the belief that everyone who does not get what they want through honest or…

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Structured Debt Management

You have the right to file for bankruptcy protection a theoretically unlimited number of times, provided that you are immortal, but there are waiting periods for how soon you can file after your previous bankruptcy filing. It is possible that you can start borrowing again, and your credit card debt can pile up before you are…

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Earned Income Tax Credit

If the retailers of the world had their way, everyone would spend their tax refunds on cars, furniture, and other fun stuff that they had kept their eyes on all year but had never been able to afford while living paycheck to paycheck. You have a better idea, though. You have spent your tax refunds on splurges…

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Is House Hacking the Solution to Your Mortgage Woes?

Walking away from homeownership and surrendering your house to the bank to avoid foreclosure is a heart-wrenching decision because there is no telling whether the financial stability you once enjoyed in your house will ever return. If at all possible, the best long-term solution is to buy time with your mortgage lender, hold onto your…

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Bankruptcy Bougie Style

You have gotten as far in your plans to file for bankruptcy as reading the bankruptcy FAQ page of the website of your county’s court system; therefore, you know that, at least in theory, no one is too rich or too poor to file for bankruptcy. Of course, you are probably reading this website on the…

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Don’t Be Intimidated if a Credit Card Company Threatens to Sue You

Before your financial situation got as bad as it is, you used to read long-form articles on news websites about the horrible abuses that consumers suffer at the hands of debt collectors, whether those debt collectors represent credit card companies or healthcare providers that provided services with the full knowledge that the patient could never…

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The Philosophical Side of Debt

One of the more tone-deaf pieces of advice people can give you when you are trying to get out of debt is that you should take up a hobby that does not cost money, such as reading. Canceling your Netflix subscription and spending your last hour before sleep reading books you borrowed from the public library…

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Can You File for Bankruptcy Without a Lawyer?

You do not have much money to spend, or else you would not have decided to file for bankruptcy protection. In fact, you might even be waiting until your tax refund arrives in the spring before you can afford to file. Hiring a bankruptcy lawyer sounds like a luxury. The thought might have even crossed your mind…

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Bankruptcy on Wheels

The reason that bankruptcy protection exists is to stop you from losing all your property when you apply for debt relief. Bankruptcy protection is what happens when you file a case in bankruptcy court; the court discharges your eligible debts in exchange for you paying a settlement amount, which is what happens in a Chapter…

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Alternatives to Filing for Bankruptcy

Filing for bankruptcy protection is an option for everyone, at least in theory. You might not consider it a viable option for you, though, at least not now. The federal Bankruptcy Code sets minimum intervals between bankruptcy filings, so maybe it is not legally possible for you to file this year because you are still making payments…

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