Asset Acceptance was recently fined $2.5 million dollars because of their collection practices (click here to read an article in Business Week about this topic). To the normal person, $2.5 million dollars is a tremendous amount of money but to a company that takes in over $100 million per year, this is just a small […]
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The word is starting to get out in Northwest Georgia that you can eliminate your second mortgage in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. I recently met with a potential client who came to see me because he was told by a coworker that he might be able to get rid of his second mortgage. Many consumers
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The American Banker reported this past week that JP Morgan Chase and Company has “ceased filing lawsuits to collect consumer debts around the nation, dismissing in-house attorneys and virtually shutting down a collections machine that as recently as nine months ago was racking up hundreds of millions of dollars in monthly judgments” (click here to
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Filing bankruptcy is a scary decision for some people who own a house in Georgia. The truth is that housing prices are extremely depressed so much in Georgia that almost no one needs to worry about the value of their house being too high. However, some people actually have homes where the mortgages have been
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The year 2012 is finally here and it is time to make new year’s resolutions. For some, filing bankruptcy is a great resolution. The new year is a good time to get rid of that nasty debt that is hanging over your head and won’t go away by itself. Some people think that the world
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Almost all bankruptcy 341 meeting of creditors for the Rome division of the Northern District of Georgia are held in the Federal Building in Rome, Georgia. If you get lost on your way to meeting don’t bother asking the average person in Rome “Where is the Federal Building?”, “Where is bankruptcy court?” or “Where is
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Almost every bankruptcy client I’ve met with that has student loans has been deferring payments for years before they come into my office. What is the problem with deferring student loan payments? The answer to this question is two powerful words – compound interest. When you defer your student loan payments, this interest is just
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Death stinks. Losing someone you love is just awful. I know this from personal experience. Can you imagine losing someone you love and then having bill collectors come after you for their debts? Its happening. I recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal about how debt collectors are now going after the families
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When it comes to the subject of filing bankruptcy, there are a lot of “experts” who may say that you should never file under any circumstances. Any person who says that you should never file under any circumstances has either no idea what they are talking about or they are trying to sell you something.
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I know this sounds really strange but a bankruptcy case can get really messed up sometimes because of Christmas gifts. I absolutely love Christmas and I don’t like the Grinch but it is my job to tell you truth about how Christmas can really wreck a case. Let me give you an example. Let’s say
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