How Bankruptcy Affects Your Credit? Bankruptcy filings have a significant detrimental impact on the credit and one that will last for years. That's how your creditors are never going to collect all the money you owe them, and they're not going to receive any. To put...
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DEBT CONSOLIDATION VS. DEBT SETTLEMENT
Debt Consolidation Vs. Debt Settlement Debt Personal User Personal interest rates for consumers are very low right now. This provides an incentive for all of us, in an attempt to achieve a cheaper interest rate and lower total charge, to take advantage of refinancing...
PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT IN HAWAII
Five Steps To Have a Great Retirement in Hawai Earn More to Save More. Retirement strategy is often based on the "spend less, earn more" concept, but when retirement seems remote, this guidance often falls short. The Earn Process reviews the importance of increasing...
DEBTORS’ HELL – PART I – THE BOSTON GLOBE
No mercy for consumers Firms’ tactics are one mark of system that penalizes those who owe By The Boston Globe Spotlight Team – July 28, 2006 This stay was reported by Spotlight team members Michael Rezendes, Beth Healy, Francie Latour, Heather Allen, and editor Walter...
HAWAII BANKRUPTCY LAWYER EXPLAINS WAGE GARNISHMENT AND BANKRUPTCY
If one of your creditors has a judgment against you (which means the creditor sued you for nonpayment of a debt, and won), it can garnish your wages. With a wage garnishment (sometimes called a wage attachment), your employer holds back some of your wages and gives...
WHAT IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF DEBT TO HAVE? OBSERVATIONS FROM A HAWAII BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEY
The answer is none. Well, I’ll back up and say your reasonable house mortgage makes sense, only because a housing cost is something you will be incurring anyways throughout your life, and you might as well be purchasing an appreciating piece of real property along the...
WILL BANKRUPTCY AFFECT MY SECURITY CLEARANCE?
Generally, filing for bankruptcy in Hawaii will not be an automatic bar to obtaining a security clearance. Additionally being financially irresponsible and dragging around bad credit can jeopardize an existing security clearance. So whether your bankruptcy 7...
CHAPTER 7 AND MILITARY PERSONNEL
We help many military service members in Hawaii, and are familiar with their particular income, expense and debt challenges. There are two favorable treatments that the law provides to service members in allowing them a free pass from being subjected to the famous...
DO I HAVE TO FILE BANKRUPTCY WITH MY SPOUSE?
Like filing taxes, it is your choice whether you file an individual or a joint bankruptcy. There can be advantages and disadvantages. One of the advantages of only one spouse filing is that the bankruptcy will only be reported on that person’s credit report. So the...