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Do This Before Paying an Old Debt Collection
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How to Negotiate a Settlement With Collection Agencies
Debts from student loans, credit cards, healthcare, mortgages, auto loans and other daily bills of life can add up. Sometimes a debt collector may be called to ask you for the money owed. Negotiating a settlement with a collection a...
How Collection Agencies Work
You may not know it when a debt collector calls, but some have bigger incentives than others for pushing you to pay. There are two types of collection agencies: Ones that are hired by creditors to collect debts, and those that buy o...
5 Guidelines to Follow If You’re Contacted by a Debt Col...
An unexpected call or letter from a debt collector can be quite unsettling. This is especially true when a debt collector starts to get aggressive and threatening, which happens often. Before we get into specifics about dealing with...
Verizon Collections & How To Get Rid of Them for GOOD
Most of you are probably reading this because you have a bill that’s gone into Verizon collections. The first thing you need to find out is if the collection has been reported on your credit report. If you haven’t alread...
Do This Before Paying an Old Debt Collection
You’ve just received a letter from a debt collector demanding that you pay a debt that’s years old. Perhaps you don’t even remember the debt. What’s the best way to handle this situation? Why am I being conta...
Everything You Need to Know About Debt Collections
Let’s talk about debt collections. Many of the visitors to this blog ask me about collections. For example, what exactly is a collection, how do they affect your credit score, etc. I want to dedicate an entire article to debt ...
Dealing with Debt Collectors | 5 Things You Should NEVER Reveal
If you’re like most people, being on the opposite end of a collection call can be quite a defeating interaction. I’ve been preaching about the dangers of debt collectors for years on this blog but I still get emails from reade...
A Regretful Debt Collector Tells Me His Story
Before I get into my interview with a former debt collector, I’d like to give you the back story as to how this all happened. A couple of weeks ago I received an email from a guy who said he was a debt collector for many years...
Statute of Limitation On Medical Bills
Question A majority of my credit reporting issues are, unfortunately, alot of medical bills I’ve been unable to pay over time. Not sure how these are seen in terms of the statute of limitations, but I recently received a lette...
Does a Collection Agency Have to Erase a Paid Account From You...
Have you recently paid off a collection, either partially or in full, and want to know if the entry will be removed from your credit? Unfortunately, just because you pay off a debt collection doesn’t mean it’s automatica...