Using The Option To File For Bankruptcy To Your Advantage

It is after you undertake that next step of leveraging debt against debt that you know things are getting out of control

. This is when you commence repaying off one credit card with another. Now there are reasons to do this such as moving debt from a high interest account to another that is doing business more positively for you. However you have to keep an eye on those 'deals" because often there are transfer fees or additional unknown charges to creep up on you. And if the lower rate is a "limited time offer", the advantage of the lower interest rate for a few months may not be worth the additional payments. And if that new credit card carrier after that jacks your charges up higher than they had been on the previous creditor, you are worse off than before.

When the credit card debt then begins to develop into a real problem the nextlevel starts to take advantage of your resources. You can take out a second mortgage and get a pretty good rate that is controlled as that is what they termed a 'secured loan" that means you are using the equity of your house as collateral to combat the credit card debt. But these sorts of loans are risky for the reason that if you did default on them, you can lose your home.

When the credit card debt begins to get critical once more, even in spite of all these serious actions you have taken, you can get pretty frightened. In addition to you can get resentful because there is no doubt that the credit card companies appear to do all they can to keep you ensnared in this credit card debt as long as they can. And why shouldn't they after all? They make a lot of wealth off of your credit card debt. And they don't have to do anything to keep it rolling in.

This is why when it comes to making a decision between just starting to default on the credit card debt, it might be time to pull out the stops and go after the credit card firms to put a stop to the escalating bill. But you can put a stop to it by calling them directly and not being frightened to play the ultimate card, the "B" card bankruptcy.

Now, declaring bankruptcy has become more difficult since the present administration in charge of our government made it harder for ordinary folks like you and I to use this instrument to end the continual growth of our credit debt. But it still is possible to use bankruptcy and if you do, the credit card companies can lose all of that wealth. And they know it too. Now you don't want to threaten bankruptcy unless it really is a possibility for you. But if it is and you call the credit card companies and let them know this is your next step, you swiftly have all types of leverage with them.

Once the credit card firms know you are serious about going that route, if you tell them you would like to make a deal to pay off some of the debt you owe, they might be very open to reducing your debt by half or more. And if you can get that type of deal from every credit card company you have a loan from and you can get them to drop your interest rate to make your ability to pay more realistic, you may be able to dodge the bankruptcy entirely. And if that is the outcome, you did a good job of showing the "B" card but not at all having to play it.

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Using The Option To File For Bankruptcy To Your Advantage

By: Steven Giles

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