Welcome To The 19th Bankruptcy & Debt Carnival!
Jan. 12th, 2009
*Posts presented according to subject*
Debt
Michael Geoffrey presents 5 Simple Steps To Making Your “Get Out Of Debt” Resolution Stick – Part 3 posted at Debt Smackdown.
Debt Freedom Fighter presents Achieve Debt Elimination in Five Simple Steps posted at Discover Debt Freedom!.
Steve Faber presents – The [...]
Massachusetts is next up- it looks like Boston saw a large increase in bankruptcy filings since last year.
Chapter 7 filings, the most common type made by individuals and families, stood at 7,333 at U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Boston, with a few hours left in the year. That’s a 31 percent increase over the number of [...]
Are you thinking of filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy?
You are not alone.
In 2008, it’s estimated that more than 1MILLION people will file for bankruptcy in the US.
WOW.
This may have something to do with the recent real estate bubble or it may be correlated with the massive amount of job losses that have recently occured in the [...]
Let’s look at Chapter 7 from the consumer’s standpoint. Here are 3 questions posed by debtors on Yahoo answers boards during the last year…
What’s life like after Chapter 7?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/
Is it possible to keep your home after filing for Chapter 7?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/
Should you file for bankruptcy if you only owe $800?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/
Here are 3 recent articles from the Chicago Tribune covering the increases in personal bankruptcy filings nationally & in Wisconsin:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-ym
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-ym
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-bankruptcy
One of the links serves as an answer to the what one of the readers should do regarding his pension & an offer of early retirement from his employer who might go bankrupt.
Another discusses the increase [...]