Ignoring Your Debts won't make them go away.
By: Reverse Mortgage Expert | Posted: 25th February 2008
As much as you would like to think of something else you cannot address the situation without facing it. If you want a creditor after you, the fastest way is too ignore them. You owe them money and if they think you are going to stiff them they will try even harder to get it back. If you put your head in the sand then someone is going to come along sooner rather than later and give you a big kick in the butt and it's going to hurt because you won't see it coming. By contacting them you can prepare for them and also possibly get a plan set up that suites your needs. When they are going after you then it will be them deciding your fate.
That kick will come from a creditor who you haven't contacted to work out an arrangement for payment of an outstanding debt or possibly even the bank with a notification of a pending foreclosure on your house. Possibly a guy showing up at your door to repossess your car that you need to get to work to pay the bills. You might wake up to find your electricity is off. You might find yourself getting a notice of eviction simply because you didn't contact your landlord to make a payment arrangement while you get your finances sorted. All of these situations can be worked out if you take the first step and contact them.
You need to face the facts that you have a problem and then set yourself goals to resolving the problem. Problems that are left usually present themselves as bigger problems a short way down the line so today is the day that you need to start looking at your debts. What will happen is the "Snowball effect" which is more and more problems adding on to a small problem to start out with till it becomes huge. Taking action now can result in savings of interest and late payment fees. People who have money generally pay less than those who don't because they are able to pay debt on time and don't have to fund the additional expense of late payments in one form or another. If you can work out that arrangement you too can also avoid late fees and higher interest. In the long run the savings will allow you to pay off other debts until you are debt free and can live again without worry about collectors calling.
There is one thing that is certain and that is the fact that people who owe money might forget what they owe but those who are owed always know how much is due, so you might prefer to forget but your creditors won't.Also - more often than not a creditor will adopt a far more positive attitude towards you if you explain the situation you are in and let them know that you are currently working towards full and final payment of the debt as soon as possible.
Bottom Line: Communication can do wonders for your debt reduction program. Why not start a conversation Today!
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David Forer is a financial veteran of 15 years. To tap into his knowledge about credit repair, debt management, and budgeting go to his blog at Credit Repair Secrets
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David Forer has 15 years of financial services experience specializing in seniors with credit repair, debt settlement, and reverse mortgages.
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