Bankruptcy is still a frightening and embarrassing situation for many people. The dictionary doesn’t help when it gives definitions like: “utter ruin, failure, depletion”. No wonder so many people won’t consider bankruptcy until it’s the last resort. What is bankruptcy? Simply put it’s “being legally insolvent” or an “inability to discharge all your debts as they [...]

In recent years, credit card debt has skyrocketed nationwide as the economy has declined. Foreclosures are on the rise in Texas and across the country. Many Dallas area consumers find themselves in serious financial distress, which have many considering filing for bankruptcy in order to gain a fresh start. Everyone knows they need to do something, [...]

Financial difficulties can happen to anyone at anytime. Just because you are in trouble, doesn't mean you're a bad person. You're just in a bad situation.

Filing a Bankruptcy may improve your credit if you have bad credit. However, if you have good credit, then bankruptcy may not be the best option. Bad credit usually happens after some form of bad luck. Losing your job or a major cut in pay will change a good paying history in a very short [...]

A Chapter 7 Bankruptcy is what most people think of when you say “Bankruptcy“. This bankruptcy deals with unsecured debts. If you are behind on your house or car the chapter 7 will not help you to keep those things. The chapter 13 bankruptcy is mainly used for people that have fallen behind on their [...]

Before filing a bankruptcy there are some things that you don’t want to do. The bankruptcy is a legal means to deal with creditors, but it creditors have rights too. If prior to the filing you go out and max out all your credit cards in a very short time both the creditor and the [...]

Discharge is the term for what comes after a completion of a Bankruptcy. With that comes the satisfaction of knowing what ever was discharged you will never have to pay on again an after the 7 to 10 years it will fall off your credit. Once you have your discharge this the time creditors will [...]

A Bankruptcy is a legal means of dealing with debts that for one reason or another have now become impossible to pay. If your income is still enough to maintain the car and house, and it just credit cards or other unsecured debts that is the problem then the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy can discharge those [...]

In todays time having bad credit is going to force you to pay way too much for a car and chances of owning a home is going to be impossible. Bankruptcy is better than bad credit. Things happen in our lives that we do not always have control of, Losing a job after many [...]

When you file a bankruptcy yes you could lose some assets. Depending on which state that you live you can use either state exemptions or federal exemptions. The exemptions are the allow-able things you can have and file a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and those things are protected. You can always go into a Chapter 13 [...]