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COMPARE THE BENEFITS
Unless you hit the Lottery, here are the
five options to becoming debt free:
1. Paying creditors as originally agreed
2. Bankruptcy
3. Debt Consolidation Loans
4. Credit Counseling (CCC)
5. Debt Settlement
1. Paying
creditors as originally agreed
On a $4,000 debt the minimum payments are
approximately $150 a month. Only 8 to 10% of
that payment is actually going towards the
principal balance. The rest is going to
interest and fees. At the end of the year
approximately $1,500 has been thrown away.
After looking at the balance, it is probably
still close to $4,000. At this rate it will
take 5 to 7 years to pay it off. With
interest, the $4,000 debt ended up to total
approximately $16,000.
2. Bankruptcy
Every year, over one million Americans’ file
bankruptcy. The pressure from collection
agencies is what brings forth this enormous
figure. When bankruptcy is filed, no one
wins. The bill collectors will receive no
money and your credit will be scarred for a
whole decade! Your bankruptcy discharge can
also appear in public court records up to
TWO DECADES.
In addition,
bankruptcy can affect you when trying to
purchase a home or car, finding a job,
obtaining insurance, or getting security
clearance. In addition, depending on which
bankruptcy you qualify for (Chapter 7 or
Chapter 13), the courts may force you to
make payments to your creditors which may
require you to pay back a portion of the
debt with interest. You should only consider
bankruptcy as your LAST OPTION!
3. Debt
Consolidation Loans
Statistics show that about 80% of people who
apply for a debt consolidation loan find
themselves digging themselves into a deeper
debt. The philosophy is simple:
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BORROW YOUR WAY OUT OF
DEBT!!!
Debt consolidation loans do not reduce the
amount you owe; instead, you end up paying
back 100% of the loan plus interest. All you
are doing is exchanging one debt for another
at a lower interest rate. When applying for
a debt consolidation loan, you will be asked
to secure the loan against some form of
asset (collateral); usually a house or car,
but this transfers your unsecured debt to a
"secured" loan, which put your possessions
at risk! Numerous loans are consolidated
into a home equity loan that is stretched
out over a 30-year period! What would happen
to your property if you had future financial
difficulties? The majority of people who
enter a debt consolidation loan program
neglect to cancel their credit cards after
they have been paid off, so it leaves them
with a new source of spending power. Before
they know it, people are over the limit and
in debt once more! Statistically, 65% of
people who use debt consolidation loans to
pay off their debts will go over the limit
on their cards again. In the end, not only
do they have to pay back the consolidation
loan, but the credit cards again as well.
They unknowingly double their debts!
4. Consumer
Credit Counseling
Although they claim "non-profit" status,
Consumer Credit Counseling programs work
much like a collection agency. Their credit
counselors get paid an average commission of
12-15% of the amount they collect for the
creditors. In addition, they can charge you
a monthly program fee ranging from $15-$40.
Today the word, "non-profit" is nothing more
than a filing status for the multi-billion
dollar credit counseling industry. In fact
many of these "non-profit" counselors employ
very high-paid executives. The benefits you
can expect to receive through credit
counseling are; prearranged figures with
creditors to reduce your interest rate and
minimum payments. The average minimum
reduction is 8%. However, some creditors
will not go below 20% and some refuse to
participate in these programs. All of your
credit cards will also be cancelled and you
will need to pay 100% of the full debt
amount, including interest, late fees, and
over the limit fees! Unfortunately there's
more. Your new monthly payment through
credit counseling is generally higher than
the original minimum payments on your
accounts. Can you manage paying a HIGHER
monthly payment when you are already
struggling to make ends meet? These programs
can take about 5 to 7 years to pay off your
creditors. However, statistics show that 79
out of 100 people that enroll in these
programs drop out before they complete them.
5. Debt
Settlement
Finally, a more sensible approach that can
affordably, safely, and quickly ELIMINATE
your debt nightmare! MyDebtIQ.com can offer
you the most logical solution: It's called
Debt Settlement.


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