Debt Snowball - 2 Schools of Thought

The debt snowball is a debt reduction method and strategy used to pay off debt. It is widely preached by debt counselors all over the world and many consumer finance and debt help gurus such as Dave Ramsey absolutely swear by it.

Home Loan Approval - Your Best Financial Footing

This article describes some basic steps one can take to improve the chances of approval for a mortgage loan.

Debt Settlement Risk Factors

Debt Settlement Risk - Three Key Fundamental Risks

Debt Settlement has some fundamental risks that come with the decision to pursue efforts of settling debt for a discounted price with your creditors.

This article provides an outline of three existing debt settlement risk.

California Hardest Hit Fund Foreclosure Assistance - Strategic Focus

The California State Housing Authority has taken targeted measures to provide assistance to homeowners in financial hardship through the Hardest Hit Fund.

Understanding Loans That are Unsecured

Understanding unsecured loans and debt is a key part of healthy personal finance.

Ivy League College Level Education with out Leveling Your Personal Finances

There are many reason we don't all graduate from those prestigious Ivy League Schools such as Harvard, Stanford, or MIT. These great educational institutions are very expensive. They are insanely competitive.

How to Get a Ivy League Education Free

This article describes how to get a free ivy league caliber education.

How to Refinance and Lower Your Monthly Payment

This article is a step by step guide on how to refinance and lower your mortgage payment. It is intended for homeowners who need to lower their monthly payments in order to stay current on their home loan.

Refinance Help - Lower Mortgage Payment

Many homeowners, who are still current on their mortgage, are worried about making their next monthly mortgage payment on time. Some will be able to make the next payment, but they know that something has to be done in the near future, or they will default.

Credit Websites for US Consumers

There are three official websites that a US consumer can visit and access their free annual credit report. These three sites belong to (one each) the three major credit bureaus. I have listed the 3 credit bureaus below.

Creditors are Willing to Eliminate Debt - Find Out Why

It often comes as a shocking surprise to people when they learn just how much folks typically save through debt settlement.

People often do not expect lenders to be willing to eliminating tens of thousands in credit card debt for people who are in financial hardship. None the less it is true.

Budget Bucket Saving

As the economy continues to struggle consumers and homeowners a like are starting to see the importance of increasing their savings and their savings rate.

I have taken the time to post some simple steps you can take to save more through a strategy known as budget bucket saving. This is a great personal finance tip.

Amidst the Ash of Subprime

A New Borrowing Era - Post Subprime

Following the subprime mortgage crisis, and the political and economic changes that it has caused, will you be able to rely on your mortgage broker?

Home Buyer Considerations

Mortgage lending has been the catalyst and factor allowing most of today's homeowners to own their home. Depending on your personal finances you also may one day take out a mortgage. In which case there are several factors that home buyers should consider before buying a home and taking out a mortgage. This article contains essential mortgage questions home buyers should consider when obtaining a mortgage.

Debt Settlement Basics

Debt Settlement

Debt settlement can be defined as resolving distressed loans and debt through a pay off agreement between both creditor and borrower. Typically the debt to be payed is drastically reduced and the new reduced amount is paid immediately in one large payment.

DIY Credit Card Debt Settlement

Borrowers who are amidst a financial hardship and can not make timely monthly payments on their credit card debt can benefit from debt settlement. Distressed borrowers are able to avoid bankruptcy as well as reduce the total amount owed by successfully negotiating a settlement with their creditors.

This post discuses how consumers of credit card debt can obtain debt help and a debt settlement offer on their own.

Cash For keys

Foreclosure sales are at all time highs.

Homeowners are losing their homes everywhere. Many people who lose their home to foreclosure have to move, and thus incur significant expenses and moving costs. This is a financial hardship in itself but is often endured while the former residents are already amidst a current financial hardship which has caused them to default on their mortgage payments and fall victim to foreclosure in the first place.

A program called Cash for Keys was developed to address this homeowner difficulty.

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

Borrowers with overwhelming financial obligations can obtain debt help through a chapter 13 bankruptcy given the borrower has income and is able to make good on their financial obligations through a feasible and fair compromise with the existing creditors.

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Chapter 7 bankruptcy is a legal process which exists, and was created, as a debt solution for those who are overwhelmed with debt, and further, this chapter of bankruptcy is intended to help borrowers who have no feasible way of complying with the terms of the debt in it's current form. 

This chapter is able to provide consumers help with debt and financial hardship.

Bankruptcy Basics

This post will discuss the fundamentals of bankruptcy.