Credit Card Debt Consolidation and How To Eliminate Debt
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Credit Card Debt Consolidation services can make it happen, and there’s no doubt about it. There’s no reason to delay and nothing to lose. Credit card debt consolidation can also help you avoid creditor harassment , one of the main elements that trigger stress induced health problems. Credit card debt consolidation usually makes the combined balance more manageable especially if a lower interest rate is provided. But, if there are multiple other accounts involved that were not part of the consolidating effort, it may take some time to get them all reduced to a manageable level.
Typically, when a customer buys a product with his card or uses his card as an alternative for hard cash, he is offered an interest free credit period. The customer has to make a payment for the credit used on the card before the credit period ends. Typically, debt consolidation programs are debt repayment programs. They can consolidate most types of unsecured debts from major credit cards to personal and student loans. Typically the interest on a debt consolidation loan is approximately 17-23%. That?s a hefty amount of interest that may actually be more than you are currently paying on your debt.
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Credit Card debt consolidation is a short term answer to a much broader problem. Credit card debt consolidation is an agenda where the debt settlement company directs the debtors in reducing their debts through a monthly compensation of a fixed amount. Debt elimination is not similar to a loan program. Credit card debt consolidation gives you an opportunity to reduce your debts under single lower monthly payments. Thus you get rid of all high rate credit card debts and replace them with the new low monthly payments.
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Some of the principles behind consolidating your debt explained.
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Does debt consolidation work and help improve your credit score?
I am really bad with paying bills and my credit has taken a hit these past couple years. I make enough money where I should be able to pay everything with no problem but for some reason I continue to struggle. Do you think a debt consolidation would be best for me and to help me improve my credit score? Does this really work?
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14 Comments
August 9th, 2009 at 4:33 am
They can be very helpful just be sure that they are not for profit companies. Also check the Better Business Bureau for the one you pick before signing anything with them.
August 9th, 2009 at 4:41 am
If you still owe money on your house. The argument is dont pay it off because you can write off the interest. Consider this:
If you make 100,000/year in salary at 25% thats 25,000 dollars. If you pay 10,000/year in interest on a mortgage and deduct it from your taxable income. Thats 90,000 on 22,500 in tax. It reduces your taxes by 2,500/year. Would you send a bank 10,000 to not send the government 2,500? If you didnt like having your house paid off, you could always get a loan.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:04 am
A bank.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:43 am
Why would you want to get out of debt? Why did you get in debt in the first place? Ask yourself these questions. If you have no intention of destroying your credit cards after you consolidate the debt, then why bother? If youre not going to change the person in the mirror, then why would your risk your house? Dont do it. Cut spending and pay off your debts smallest to largest. Never pay a credit card before you pay your house, food, lights and transportation cost.
August 9th, 2009 at 6:39 am
you skirted around the issue, not in a bad way, but you never said, “refinance your house to include all your credit card debts, car loans, childrens school” i would have like a solid example.
August 9th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Hey there – I feel your pain, but my answer is no. They will charge you a percentage of what you owe, and it affects your credit report when they start bargaining with the credit card companies. (I worked for Experian for 7 years.) Plus, there's no guarantee they can do anything to consolidate to something you can afford – trust me on that one. I've seen it a 1,000 times.
What you can do is bargain with them yourself. Call them up and ask to have your rate lowered for a specific amount of time, which will allow you to 'catch up' and save a bit of money. Then, when it goes back to the normal rate, you'll be able to put some extra money toward your monthly payments which will eventually help your credit report and in the long run save you money.
Basically, and I hate to say it, you're in the same boat as the rest of America. Be glad you don't have my $50K in student loans on top of $9K in credit card debt. Good luck, and really, please don't be fooled by those companies… You'll regret it.
August 9th, 2009 at 8:14 am
It may not be a wise decision to consolidate all those debts. Whether or not to include the two vehicle loans and the two personal loans will depend partly on how long is left on them and how much interest you're paying.
If you refinance them with a consolidation loan, you're going to be starting back at payment #1 and could wind up paying more in the long run, even if the interest rate and monthly payment are both lower.
eg. If you're a year into a 3 year car loan, and you refinance it with a 4 or 5 year debt consolidation loan, you'll end up making vehicle payments for 5 or 6 years in total. Same goes for the personal loans.
And the interest rate may not be much different or could even be higher on the consolidation loan, depending on the figures on your original loans.
As for the credit card debt, it might be a good choice to consolidate it through your bank, but it will again depend on the terms of the loan and whether or not you need to provide security.
If you take out a consolidation loan secured with your home equity, your home could potentially be at risk if you ever defaulted on that loan for any reason. If you're absolutely certain you can continue to make the payments with no problem, even if you were to lose your job or have some other kind of unexpected emergency, consolidating the credit cards will most likely help you pay them off faster and save money on interest.
But if you would be strapped to make the payments if something unexpected came up, the question to ask is whether it's worth the savings to put your home at risk.
August 9th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Many thanks
August 10th, 2009 at 1:45 am
The best way to get rid of debt is to pay it off. The only time debt consolidation makes any sense is when you can do so by getting a lower interest rate and paying off all the other debt. Unfortunately most people who do debt consolidation see that their credit cards are free and clear again and go back to running up debt on them and then have the credit card debt and the debt consolidation debt. The help you need is to stop your reckless spending. Can you?
August 10th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
I'd do a lot of research before you enter into a contract with a CCCS because while it might get the bills paid – it will not protect your credit score or rating any better than dealing with it yourself. You don't state what your income is and if buckling down and paying more each month on your cards would get it paid off. I had $40k of debt, $30k being CC debt and drowning in it having been through a messy, expensive divorce. When my attorney did the calculations, he figured it would have taken me 40 years to pay off the $30k of CC debt at the rate I was going.
So I wound up filing a Chapter 7 BK and it wiped out 100% of the CC debt legally in about 3-4 month's time (from the date of filing until discharge date).
The other $10k was a car loan, which I continued to pay on 'as agreed', did NOT reaffirm the loan, and they did not come and take my car. I paid it off back in April and now it has a clean title.
No ~~~BK is not for everyone, but it sounds like you have a lot of debt and a little one to take care and his future to think of. And while going through a BK will trash your credit/score, it's no more so than muddling through years of dealing with collection agencies, some CCCS that will likely "fail" you.. and creditors that will STILL report you even those you are in a payment plan. Or you can wipe out the debt legally through a chapter 7, start fresh and be able to SLEEP at night.
You can get a free consult with most any BK lawyer and he or she will go over all of your debts, your income and help you decide the best course of action.
I have BEEN THERE and done it and this is not an "ad" for anything,but a testimonial. While it wasn't something I really wanted to do .. BK was the best solution for me during a really tough time in my life. I am not sorry I did it.
Hope this helps. Ignore the jerks that can't even give sensible or helpful answers and just bash you. It's clear they've never walked in your shoes.
August 11th, 2009 at 1:07 am
all i have heard on answers are nightmare stories — my advise to you is run not walk away from any of these companies!!! example they will tell you to not pay your bills which in turn will make the credit cards companies post all kind of true but awful remarks in you credit report which will lower your score lower than a snakes belly and than the company will try to settle with the credit card company and all the time you are pouring money into them so they can destroyed your credit!!!
August 11th, 2009 at 4:53 am
Thanks for the great words on the principles behind lending. The higher the risk, the higher the required rate of return! In real estate loans, the higher the LTV, the higher the rate of return required by the lender. Debt consolidation can be a great thing under the right circumstances. Here’s link to a video that talks about how the baning and credit card industries operate. Check it out… /watch?v=0bGjYAL2Jds
August 11th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Given the vehicle loans tend to have fairly low interest rates to start, I'm not sure I'd touch them unless you can really lower your rate.
Now you don't state if you own your own home or rent so it is difficult to suggest how to proceed with the credit card debt. At a minimum, try calling the credit card companies and ask them to reduce your interest rate. If you've been consistent with your payments, some will work to reduce it to a fairly low rate. You just need to ask them.
My wife and I also worked our way out of debt (although not quite as high a balance) through a credit counseling service (Consumer Credit Counseling Service – a free service that helped work out a repayment plan for us, since we weren't making enough to get out of debt and struggling to make payments). You may want to check out options like this. They aren't just for people unable to pay their debt.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Do you need to check the legitimacy of a company that cold calls you out of the blue with an offer that sounds to good to be true?
If your seriously in trouble, you can call your credit card company for free, they most likely will be willing to work with you to set up a payment plan, reduce interest, or in some cases, they may offer to forgive part of your debt after you pay off part of it. They would much rather write off half your debt than all your debt.