What's the best debt settlement company out there?
I only wish to know if any one out there has attempted this for their debt as well as only wondering if there have been recommendations for bona fide companies out there. Thanks!
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Please do not consolidate. It is not free, they will lower your payments by increasing the length of time until you are debt free, and you will take a hit on your credit score. Or they negotiate your debt down after telling you not to pay for awhile adding another hit to your credit score. There is a better way.
A. Have a garage sale and sell anything that you no longer need or want.
B.Get a temporary part time job, if you have one, get another.
Here is a plan that can help you. If you work the plan, the plan will work for you:
1. Make a budget. Make the budget a week before you get paid. A budget is not a punishment! It is a tool which will free you from ever having to worry about money again. Put everything in your budget. Especially those annual, biannual, or quarterly bills like car registration, insurance, etc. Give every dollar you are going to bring home the name of where it is going. Add an "emergency fund" category to your budget for 25 dollars and save up until you have 1000-1250 dollars. Your emergency fund will help keep you from getting into new debt because of an emergency. If you can, set up a direct transfer to a savings account for your emergency fund. That way it moves automatically and you don’t even have to worry about it. You must cut your spending and live on less than you make.
2.First get current on all of you debts and make no more late payments. Stop using your credit cards immediately. Do not take on any more debt. Credit cards are like quicksand only the death is much slower. Make a list of all of your debts in order of highest interest rate to lowest interest. Use cash only for your spending from now on.
3.Pay the minimum due on all of your debts and then put your extra money towards paying off the highest interest one first. After you get that one paid off, you put the money you were paying on debt #1 (the minimum payment and the extra payment) towards debt #2. That will pay debt #2 off faster. When that is paid off, you put all three payments towards card #3 and that one will be paid off pretty quickly. As an example:
To start :
Debt #1 (highest interest): minimum payment+ extra payment
Debt #2 (middle interest): minimum payment
Debt #3(lowest interest): minimum payment
Debt #1: paid off
Debt #2: minimum payment from Debt #1+ Minimum payment from Debt #2 +extra payment
Debt #3: minimum payment
Debt #1: paid off
Debt #2: paid off
Debt #3:Minimum payment from card #1+ minimum payment from Debt #2+ minimum payment from Debt #3+ extra payment.
That way, you will get them all paid off, on time, and pay the least interest. It will also help towards rebuilding your credit since you will no longer have any late payments. This works no matter how many different debts you may have.
4. After you get all of your debts paid off, add to your emergency fund until you have 6-12 months of income saved up. Put that emergency fund money into a liquid money market fund or into a Bank of America no-risk CD so that if you need the money you can take it out without penalty.
5a. When you have your emergency fund in place, add a category for "fun" to your budget. Save for a holiday, a vacation, a big screen, or dinners out, whatever goal you want. Remember to enjoy your life.
5b. When you have your emergency fund in place, start saving for your retirement. Join the 401(k) plan at work and contribute the maximum. Your employer probably matches at least part of your contribution so why give up free money? Open a Roth IRA and contribute the maximum on a monthly basis. If you start saving for your retirement now, you will probably retire a millionaire.
5c. When you have your emergency fund in place, start saving for your next car. Only buy cars, or other things that depreciate, with cash. Save up for a nicer car. That way you get the interest instead of paying the interest.
You can do it and it isn’t as hard as you think. Just follow the plan.
Hey I had my debt settled by a company, from somewhere in ny. Idr the number but the site is http://www.settlementangel.com
the guy I dealt with was Anthony. The number should be on the site.
good luck
Call the BBB or contact your state or county for listing of places that may help.
Some churches also have listings for people who can help.
An attorney may be of help but there a charge may be occurring for their time.
When you go for debt settlement make sure it is the correct option for you, You should go for a reputable company having a good track record and one that has been around for many years. I recommend you go for freedom debt relief, I enrolled into their debt reduction program about a year ago and now I am almost debt free. They explain you all the pros and cons of choosing debt settlement and device a proper plan depending on your debt amount and income. I am pretty satisfied with their service.
You may think that a company that promises to erase the debt for pennies on the dollar is the answer to your debt problems. Not true! Debt negotiation can be risky, and it can have serious, long-term consequences for your credit report and your ability to get credit in the future.
i would say that the best company is debtfreeleague, i am currently in their program and they are great. they only charge 10% of your total debt while they give you a lower monthly payment and even cut your debt in half by 50%. the good thing about there program is that they take into consideration that my debt will keep building interest and late fees, thats why they quote me from the beggining knowing this. thats why with them i know exacly when i will be getting out of debt. with other companies they dont take into consideration this and thats why they low ball you into thinking you will be paying very little everymonth when the reality is that since they didnt they low balled you you will mostlikely be in their program about 6-7 months more than what they originally quoted you for. debtfreeleague dosent do this and thats why when i was shopping around i found that i would save the most with them. hope this helps.
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