Lenders are known for not playing by the rules. In many cases their underhanded tactics used to collect from consumers have become against the law with the passing of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) of 1966. The FDCPA is a federal law which governs the guidelines that debt collectors for personal debts...
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Bankruptcy: Can I still owe money to the IRS if my Chapter 7 Bankruptcy has been discharged?
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Chase Recovery Department: Out for Blood? Well anything they can get at least.
Chase is seemingly not hurting these days as the recovery department is on a set course to collect a minimum of 70% for a full release of the deficiency balance to be released. Now to anyone paying 70K on a 100K debt is a savings of 30K (which by the way the IRS does...
Wachovia: Authorization Questions… It’s not good enough that you know the homeowners info!
Wachovia, in no new fashion of being over protective as they are already with their letter of authorization process, have been asking for additional informational when calling in as a 3rd party that just about no other lender does. In retrospect it is funny because even Wells Fargo who is notorious for their auditing...
Wachovia’s Letter of Authorizaiton Process: Two letter are better than one?
Wachovia, either because a large amount of identity theft or because they’ve been caught in problems for violating the FDCPA, has enough time on their hands to receive Authorizations to Release information but are sending out another letter once that letter is processed by them. The letter that arrives requests that the borrower also...
Financial Peace of Mind
It’s that dreaded time of the year again, time to start preparing your tax returns. Since 2008 was one of the toughest years in the history of our financial markets, this also may be a time that many of us learn exactly how much of a hit our investments and retirement accounts actually took...