According to an article in the Star-Telegram, a widow is claiming that debt collectors hounded her husband to death with as many as nine harassing and illegal calls per day, causing stress that contributed...
No one likes to owe money. Most people don't plan on falling behind on their bills. Then... to add insult to the financial injury, a debt collector with an attitude calls you. Their job...
Let's get this straight; you are not personally responsible for the credit card bills (or other debts) of your deceased relatives. As more debtors default on their credit card loans some "creative" bill collectors...
There's a very interesting advice column in the Dallas Morning News, where a financial advisors advises a couple to hold on to their cash as opposed to using it to pay off debt. The...
If you fear that you are falling behind, canceling credit cards before your creditor does sometimes makes sense. In her book, Bounce Back From Bankruptcy, Paula Langguth Ryan warns of the consequences of letting...
In the bankruptcy case of Caplan, Trustee, v. B-Line LLC (In re Kirkland), No. 08-2017 (10th Cir. 07/14/09), the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that a creditor must provide supporting evidence to...
Right now just about everyone is under financial pressure, so it didn't surprise me when I saw an article in the Dallas Morning News about being creative when you fall on financially hard times...
