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I’m looking this morning at the March 15th<\/span><\/span> tip of the day from Kim Komando<\/span><\/span><\/a>. It’s a rather long article entitled Beware of debt management offers<\/a>. She describes three different types of programs which one will find when running a Google search: 1) Debt negotiation, 2) debt consolidation, and 3) debt elimination. Personally I would like to add one more type: 4)debt management.<\/p>\n

The third one – debt elimination<\/span> – is always a scam. These are people who are trying to sell information that they claim is secret that you can use to make your debt just go away entirely. If anybody tells you they have that sort of a program, which sometimes is in the form of a magic form you can fill out and then send to the creditors, run away as fast as you can. There is no such program.<\/p>\n

Debt negotiation or debt consolidation programs may or may not be legitimate. The Komando<\/span><\/span> article suggests that you should make sure that any agency you use is licensed by your state and also accredited by one of two organizations, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling or the Association<\/span> of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies. I would also suggest that you make sure they are on the approved Department of Justice list for counseling programs acceptable for the pre<\/span><\/span>-filing and post-filing credit counseling required by the bankruptcy statute. You can find a link to the Department of Justice list of approved bankruptcy counseling agencies on my web page at http:\/\/www.mn-bankruptcy.com\/chapter7.html<\/a>. At that page click on “Credit Counseling Requirement.” <\/p>\n

My two favorite local places to go for real counseling are Lutheran Social Services and Family Means. Both have offices fairly close to my office. Both are non-profit. Both do debt management, my Item 4 on the above list. Debt management might involve negotiation, but not necessarily. They are not trying to make money out of your desperate<\/span><\/span> situation. They are tying to figure out how to get you on a payment plan that will actually work. And if that is a hopeless idea for you, they will tell you and suggest that you talk to someone like me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m looking this morning at the March 15th tip of the day from Kim Komando. It’s a rather long article entitled Beware of debt management offers. She describes three different types of programs which one will find when running a Google search: 1) Debt negotiation, 2) debt consolidation, and 3) debt elimination. Personally I would … <\/p>\n

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