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    Aug

    Are you drowning in debt? Do you feel you are paying too much in credit card bills and struggling to pay the minimum amount on your credit cards? In such cases, debt consolidation loan might be a viable alternative.

    A debt consolidation loan is a loan you can take against your home. Some banks will allow you up to 125% of your house value and this money can be used to consolidate debt. The interest on your debt consolidation loan will be far less than interest on your credit cards or personal loans.

    The money from debt consolidation loan can be used to pay off your credit cards, store cards and personal loans. This will significantly reduce your monthly repayment as well as your interest.

    However, a debt consolidation loan is considered to be a secured loan. If you are unable to make payments, your bank has the right to resell your home to another customer and force you to move out. Debt consolidation loans are to be considered when you are certain about the repayment of the loan. Some folks will rack up much more debt when debt consolidation loans are available and this downward spiral will never end. Adopt caution and make it a point to repay all your debt rather than land into a downward spiral of debt.

    Many experts recommend discussing your debt consolidation loan plan with your credit counselor who can provide you with appropriate guidance on your particular situation. A credit counsellor is a debt consolidation loan expert who receives adequate training on the subject of debt. They are better capable of making sound judgements for you, the customer. Most credit counselling agencies are accredited given you added confidence in working with them to reduce your debt. However, be aware that there are many shady companies in this business so proceed with caution and ask a lot of questions when you seek services.

    11
    Jul

    Those companies need more customers, and as I already explained in a previous article, they have very nice sales pitches, like:

    We will help you to eliminate your debts, don’t worry, Consolidate your bills into one monthly payment without borrowing, until Keep your property…

    The Christian Debt Consolidation Services seems legitimate at the first glance, but someone who has an eagle eye on the sale process will see in that the name of Christian here is taken to get people in a state of confidence.

    What does it mean? It mean that by reading this word, something is happening in the customer mind, and ultimately, he will become a customer…

    Actually, it is just another pitch, just more appealing to catch even more people, taking them from two sides:

    1- You don’t have choice,

    2- You think they are better than others, that they are legitimate.

    People really think that these Christian Debt Consolidation companies will help them.

    Did we forget what does help mean?

    I don’t know for you, but if I want to help somebody who needs $10,000, I don’t ask him to give me back $12,000 while I know that him and his family are already in troubles. This is pure injustice.

    I will give him those $10,000 and when he can give them back to me, I will tell him: thanks for my $10,000. But what if he can’t give me my money back?

    IF he can’t, he can’t. When you lend money to someone in difficulties, you pertinently know that you may never see this money again. This is what we call help, and in reality, it is only justice.

    I have already done that, and I will continue to do it, without asking any kind of interest.

    So, before you decide to go to any of these companies, or others, like debt settlement or debt counseling companies, be sure that you know what you are doing, and more important, be sure that the company is legitimate.

    A name is only a name, what is important is people actions…

    I don’t recommend to go to these companies, but what I recommend is a good money management plan instead. There is a lot of way to earn more money from your home today, with Internet. What people in debt want is not to getting out of debt! What they want is more money.