Friday, 30th July 2010.

Posted on Tuesday, 25th May 2010 by admin

You spent your money and want to have some of them back? A reward credit card gives you such an opportunity. Your rewards can be given in many different variants – discounts, points, gift card. An old proverb that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, doesn’t work here. The card companies make offers such as their best credit card rewards to attract new businesses and keep current clients. For these purposes such card as chase credit card is perfect.

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Posted on Tuesday, 27th July 2010 by Lucy Hales

Q: I am going back to school and moving in with my parents. I am also selling my condo in downtown Chicago to pay off credit card debt and live on. I owe around $25,000 to various credit card issuers and to my relief, settled for $11,000 altogether. So the question is, if a credit card issuer finds out that I have money after the sale, can it come after the full amount that I owe? I am worried about Amalgamated Bank of Chicago since it is the one that also holds the mortgage.

A: As long as you have everything in writing, all credit card debt relief agreements with every credit card issuer / bank, you should be fine.

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Posted on Sunday, 25th July 2010 by Toby Duncan

I enjoy writing about honest bankruptcy debtors because their true stories belie the perception that all people filing bankruptcy conceal or undervalue their assets. (not denying that some bankruptcy debtors lie on their petitions)

A guy calls me from Tampa complaining that his bankruptcy attorney “told him to lie to the Department of Justice.” He had told his attorney that he had about $5,000 of cash in his home safe, and the man stated, his prospective bankruptcy attorney told him not to list the cash on his bankruptcy schedules. The man asked me how he could find a completely honest bankruptcy attorney.

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Posted on Sunday, 25th July 2010 by Eden Fryett

From the day that you get a credit card you will start earning a credit score.  Credit scores are important and can help you get loans and show how financially responsible you are.  Certain things you do will affect your score either negatively or positively and will affect how good your score is.  What affects your credit score?  Continue reading below to find out!

Positive affects:

  • Your score will raise if you pay your balances on time each month.  They must be paid before or on the date that your money is due.
  • You should only use 25% of your credit.  The less you spend and less debt you have, the higher your score will be.

Negative affects:

  • Opening up too many credit card accounts.  The more accounts you have the lower your score is usually.
  • Paying your bills late even if it’s just a day.
  • Not paying at least the minimum balance on your accounts.
  • Going bankrupt.  This will just crush your score.
  • Being unemployed and not having an income.
  • Using almost all your credit and having large amounts of debt.  For example, if you have $10,000 worth of available credit and you use more than $7,500, you will lower your score.
  • Going into foreclosure can also hurt your score.

As you can see, there are a few things that can positively affect your score, while there are a lot of things that can hurt your score.  If you’d like to have good credit and reach your goal of getting as close to 800 as possible, you will need to avoid the things that will have a negative affect on your score.

Generally, if your score is 700+ you’re doing pretty good.  You don’t want to fall behind 700 too much.  Once you’re reached before 650 you’re starting to hurt your score.  Keep your score up by having discipline and by using your credit cards wisely!

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Posted on Wednesday, 21st July 2010 by Eden Fryett

There are a lot of us that have debt.  Whether we have $10,000 in debt or $200, it is still debt and money that we owe someone.  There are also a lot of us that have a low credit score.  Although credit scores fluctuate quite often, they can really tell a lot about a person and how they manage their money.  Keeping a good credit score and raising it to its highest potential is hard, but it can be done.

If you’re someone who thinks they’ve ruined their credit for good, you’ve thought wrong.  Credit scores can be boosted eventually, it just takes time.  There are a few ways to do it, but for someone that wants the best and easiest way to do so, you may want to consider a secured credit card.  People who have debt and a low credit score benefit the most from a secured card.  How?  Continue reading below to find out.

A secured card is great because it is an excellent opportunity to boost your score.  It is done very easily and works almost like a debit card.  What you do is your give the banks money beforehand.  This amount is completely up to you and is the amount that will be put on your card to spend.  Once you run out of money on your card, you can no longer use your card.  It is great because:

  • Secured cards help keep you away from debt.
  • Can show banks your discipline and efforts to raise your score.
  • And, they help you manage your money better.

Secured cards are very beneficial to anyone who is looking to raise their score.  Between paying off your debt aggressively, avoiding to open up more credit card accounts, paying on time and getting a secured card, you can raise your score quite quickly!  If you’re tired of having a bad score, do something about it and consider a secured card!

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Posted on Tuesday, 20th July 2010 by Toby Duncan

Debtor owns an appreciating asset- land, a business etc.- and files a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition which assigns a low value to the asset which value is below the debtor’s exemption limits. The trustee does not challenge the value or the exemption within the trustee’s 30 day objection window. After the filing, and after the time for the trustee’s exemption challenge, the asset significantly increases in value. Is the debtor “home free”, or can the trustee go after the appreciated asset?

This issue was addressed by the U.S. Supreme Court in a cased decided in June. The Court held that the bankruptcy trustee could pursue an asset that appreciates after the petition filing. I rea

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