7 Misconceptions About Your Credit Report
With 2020 behind us, many are looking at 2021 as an opportunity to usher in positive change. In the world of do-overs and make-overs, financial affairs are often center stage. ...
Does a Debt Collector Have to Notify You that a Debt is Time-Barred?
Old debt doesn’t go away easily and can haunt you for years through the tactics of an aggressive debt collector. If you are being pursued for non-payment on an old ...
What to Do if Identity Theft Has Ruined Your Credit
Few things are more anxiety-provoking than to find out that someone stole your identity and destroyed your credit. According to LifeLock, one-fourth of all American adults have experienced at least ...
Why Does Bankruptcy Have a Bad Reputation?
Why Does Bankruptcy Have a Bad Reputation? The answer probably goes back to the early days of credit reporting and the criteria lenders used when deciding to make a loan. ...
Study: Coronavirus Led 33% of Americans to Make a Credit-Harming Decision
Per the American Bankruptcy Institute: As COVID-19 persists in the U.S., one-third of Americans have admitted to making at least one financial decision in the last four months of the ...
The Dolhancyk Law Firm is Open
We are open to address your legal needs and answer any questions you may have. The recent stay-in-place order by the Georga governor does not apply to certain services, such ...
Foreclosure and Eviction During COVID 19
Yesterday, the federal agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant government-run finance firms that back the mortgages of 28 million homeowners, ordered a suspension of foreclosures and foreclosure-related ...
Is It Possible To Discharge Student Loans In Bankruptcy In 2018? [updated 2/27/2020]
Student loan debt is now the second-highest category of consumer debt with borrowers owing $1.5 trillion in loans. For many college graduates beginning their careers at entry-level salaries, paying student ...
University of Phoenix Settles with FTC
The University of Phoenix, one of the nation’s largest for-profit college chains, agreed to a $191 million settlement on Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the school had ...
What Does Discharge Mean?
What Does My Discharge Order Mean? The most important part of a bankruptcy case for many individual debtors is the bankruptcy discharge – this is the final court order that ...