debt consolidation has a 90% failure rate, a company will take your so called payment and negotiate a percentage rate with your creditors.
example: i had a client once tell me that he was in one of these programs and over the course of 3 years with a balance of 10k he invested 3k and when looked back at his balances he still owed 9k. Where did the other 2k go? TO FEES, consolidation programs are usually backed by the credit card companies and they are not on your side. This is also why the credit card companies want you to go with them. They want what ever it takes for you to pay the full balance off and even more what they really want is you to pay the minimums so they can triple the amount of what you owe.
PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAIN COMPANIES ARE NOT ON YOUR SIDE, THEY ARE ON THEIR OWN OR EVEN WORSE THE CREDIT CARDS COMPANIES
my company is not up and running yet so this is not an advertisement but some help.