Avoiding Bankruptcy Using Debt Management

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If you are in credit card debt, you should consider debt management to help avoid things like bankruptcy and help you clear your debts.  Good credit card debt management should give you a realistic method to deal with your spiraling debts.  You have probably already noticed that your creditor’s high interest and late fees are making it impossible for you to manage your debts.  You are in a serious mess, right?

The best way to resolve this is to switch to weekly payments.  ...


Keywords:
credit card debt, debt management, bankruptcy


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If you are in credit card debt, you should consider debt management to help avoid things like bankruptcy and help you clear your debts.  Good credit card debt management should give you a realistic method to deal with your spiraling debts.  You have probably already noticed that your creditor’s high interest and late fees are making it impossible for you to manage your debts.  You are in a serious mess, right?

The best way to resolve this is to switch to weekly payments.  Paying your credit card debt weekly fits into most people’s pay cycles and doesn’t burden you with any surprises at the end of the month.  They can also lower your total interest because some cards apply it on an hourly basis.  

You should also confer with the Consumer Counseling Center of America, a non-profit group that assists anyone in serious financial predicaments like yourself.  Credit counselors are available to assess your debts, create a resolution plan, and contact all your creditors to renegotiate your interest and monthly repayments.  The CCCA can bring your account balances up to date, stop creditor calls, maintain current payments, and settle accounts in major arrears.

To take advantage of the many benefits the CCCA can offer you, you have to use self-discipline in relation to your finances.  Start by stopping impulse buying.  Counseling can only help if you cut or completely stop your credit card spending.  You should either destroy your cards or have just one on hand in case of any emergencies.  However, your remaining card must have a lower limit and interest.

Another method is to transfer all your existing credit card balances onto one low interest card.  You will have to monitor all your balance transfers at the 0% interest level.  This option can be very helpful in lowering interest payments.  However, be cautious.  Many people have been conned into believing that the companies could do what they claimed – eliminate credit card debt with just a nominally tiny charge.  So many people have fallen victim to these witch doctors of credit repair.  You must check into the background of any credit counselor you are considering.

The best person who can lower your debts is you.  Using a workable budget, sticking to it, eliminating unnecessary spending, and sticking to essential purchases only will help you control and eventually get rid of all your debts.  Are you ready for a debt-free, worry-free life?