Negotiating Debt - Why Debt Settlement Could Eliminate Your Need For Bankruptcy
To know which option is best for your situations, the best thing you can do is get a financial consult.
Some companies offer this consult for free before you even hire them so that they know, as well as you, what is best road you need to take for getting out of debt.
Bankruptcy is one of your options which I am sure you considered.
In the old days, this used much more direct and consumers took advantage of this and many suffered as a result.
Creditors lost a lot of money and so they were forced to increase interest rates to cover a part of this loss; this of course only affected other consumers with debt and so the vicious circle began.
To discourage consumers from using bankruptcy, the government made it a bit more complicated.
And by complicated I mean more expensive, more paper work is needed and the process is longer and much more stressful.
You even risk being sued by the creditor if you didn't discuss this with the first.
The good news is that you can eliminate debt without filing for bankruptcy.
Debt settlement was available for consumers in need of help for a very a long time but new laws made it more affordable and easier to use.
Unlike bankruptcy, debt settlement only reduces a percentage of your debt that can reach 70% when bankruptcy is used to reduce the whole amount of debt but debt settlement is much easier to use and your credit score will be in good state once you finish paying the rest of your debt.
When looking to clear your debt, you must know that it is not just how much of it you can clear, but how you do it and how this will affect you in the long run.
Here is where bankruptcy loses a lot of ground and debt settlement proves to be the best way to eliminate unsecured debt.