Why File Chapter 7 Bankruptcy?

There are many reasons to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. This guide highlights your options, gives tips on handling debt, and helps with the laws involved.

Location Sharing: Now We Can Actually See That We’ve Gone Too Far

First, we talked about Blippy, a Twitter-esque site that allows users to post just about anything they charge to a credit card to the site for all to see.  Then we looked at Shoeboxed, a monthly service that scans and stores copies of your important receipts on their website.  Now, for the epic conclusion in …

Moving Your Receipts From One Shoebox to Another (part 2 of our stalkers paradise websites)

Hot off the heels of my previous blog about Blippy (part 1 of our stalkers paradise trilogy), a site that allows users to share their credit purchases online with other people, comes a quick look at Shoeboxed – a web page that scans and saves copies of your personal and business receipts.
I’ve recently begun packing …

Blippy: Why You May Wanna Think Twice About Tweeting What You Buy

There’s no business like your business.  With the extreme rise in popularity of social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn, living in a virtual glass house is quickly becoming the norm for a lot of people.  Most who use these sites know to at least proceed with caution.  After all, you really never …

What Happens When Bankruptcy Growls at You?

By Andru Parker -
Filing bankruptcy can be good as wells as the worst decision of life. It all depends on how bad your financial situation was prior to filing of bankruptcy. Most of the debtors that have applied bankruptcy have done so because of reduction in income and drastic fall in the property prices. The [...]

Learn How Bankruptcy Can Stop Foreclosure Now

By LJ Adama
Every 13 seconds another home enters foreclosure, according to the Center for Responsible Lending.
If you’re being threatened with foreclosure, you’re probably trying everything you can to save your home. But if you’ve fallen too far behind on payments and having difficulty catching up, Chapter 13 bankruptcy may be able to give you the [...]

5 Things You Shouldn’t Forget to Ask When You File Bankruptcy

By Jessica N. Bennet
If you have too much of debt and there’s no income as such to support your debt payments, bankruptcy filing may be the only option for you.
However, you need to get an idea as to what bankruptcy is all about and how it can affect you once you file it. Given below [...]

Top Reasons to Avoid Chapter 13 – Not As Good As it Gets

By Chris Blanchet
At first glance, the provisions of Chapter 13 bankruptcy might seem like an extremely attractive debt management option. Often, however, the stringent conditions make it one of the top reasons to avoid Chapter 13 bankruptcy. With this in mind, let’s take a closer look at what Chapter 13 is really about.
When weighing the [...]