You may be looking at debt settlement and wondering how this works
and should you go ahead with it. Did you know in at least 12 states,
debt settlement is illegal? If you live in the following states:
Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, North Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming be aware that
debt settlement companies are banned from doing business in these
states due to breaking state laws. Not every debt settlement company is
above board and operates within the laws of both the state and Federal
laws.
You need to be very careful with whom you deal with
if you are looking for a debt settlement company in any state. Some are
just flying by night that take your money and don’t negotiate with the
companies that you owe debts to. This leaves you with a much bigger
financial mess than you started out with. In principle, a debt
settlement company is one that negotiates with your debtors and gets
your payments down to where you can afford them. They negotiate for you
to owe less and when the debt is paid off, then you will no longer owe
the company and your credit report can be cleared.
In reality
however, there are many companies out there that just take your money
and the debtors never see it. So how can you avoid falling into this
type of trap? Doing your homework when it comes to these companies will
keep you out of the red zone. If you have a company in mind, you first
need to check them out through the BBB in your state. You also need to
check the company’s record and verify a physical address and telephone
number. Get references from the company and check them out before even
signing a contract with them.
Did you also know that you can do
debt settlement yourself? Bet you didn’t know that. You call up your
debtors and make arrangements through them to lower the debt. You really
do not need a debt settlement company to make those arrangements. Your
best bet is to beware the debt settlement companies and do it on your
own. Too many are known fraud factories, and if you are not careful, you
could be their next victim. There are several factors that can decide
whether or not you use a debt settlement company and that is your
particular choices on how to deal with the problem at hand.
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