Especially if you’re thinking about filing bankruptcy, resist the urge to rack up a big credit card bill for Christmas and other holiday gifts.
Especially if you’re thinking about filing bankruptcy, resist the urge to rack up a big credit card bill for Christmas and other holiday gifts.
Anyone considering filing bankruptcy should be aware that court filing fees are increasing on Nov. 1, 2011. While it is not a large fee increase for filing a Chapter 7 or a 13, it is notable for being the first increase in a long time. A disclosure form containing general information about the different chapters [...]
It will be just a little bit easier or a little bit harder to qualify to file a Chapter 7 “straight bankruptcy” as of November 1, 2011.
Sometimes the timing of your bankruptcy filing hardly matters, but other times it’s huge.
What you don’t know CAN hurt you, if it’s a judgment against you by a creditor.
Bankruptcy helps both sides of your balance sheet.
Why? Because you may be able to keep a vehicle you thought you couldn’t afford to pay for.
Both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 stop a foreclosure of your home. One or the other COULD be better for you, but which one is it?
Both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 can help you save your home. Which one is better for YOU?
Your bankruptcy filing can stop all your creditors’ collection actions against you. Or can it?
Isn’t a bankruptcy filing supposed to stop all your creditors’ collection efforts against you and your property? Yes, and in fact in many cases a bankruptcy filing does exactly that. Stopping collection efforts is a benefit of [...]
