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Care Credit and Bankruptcy
Our office is starting to see more clients with Care Credit as a creditor. Who are they ? Care Credit is a credit card account, or line of credit, offered through GE Capital that doctor and dentist offices are offering to their patients, with or without health...
What You Own and Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is designed to give the honest debtor a fresh start in their financial life when they have no other options to deal with their debt. In most cases, bankruptcy can accomplish this in one form or another, or through one chapter of bankruptcy or another. I...
Don't Select a Bankruptcy Lawyer on Price Alone
It's not always the most expensive bankruptcy lawyers that are the best or the cheapest that are the worst. In most areas, the prices for filing bankruptcy are determined by the market. The filing fees and credit counseling fees are set fees. The attorney fee, in most...
Waiting to File Bankruptcy ?
If you are considering bankruptcy, and keep putting off that appointment to visit with a bankruptcy attorney, you may want to re-think that. There are many timing issues with bankruptcy, debt, liens and income that can affect the timing of bankruptcy and when you...
Only in Chicago: Fraudently Filing Bankruptcy to Retrieve Your Impounded Vehicle
Apparently, some enterprising folks in Chicago came up with a scheme to induce folks to file bankruptcy, some of which had no idea they were filing bankruptcy, to have their vehicles retrieved from city impound lots without paying any fees or costs. The scam was...
Specialty Consumer Credit Reporting Companies … Who Knew ?
Know your rights ... there are more Consumer Reporting Agencies than just the big three ... the CFPB has provided us a list of them and how to access these "specialty credit reporting company" reports ! Click here to access the CFPB's list.