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mortgage, self employeed, cc debt.. help

Date: Thu, 07/09/2009 - 20:09

Submitted by anonymous
on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 20:09

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I am a self employed business man. I have a a home with a mortgage and i have credit card debt. I have missed 2 payments with the mortgage and have gotten help and am on the obama 3 months forbidence(sp) my loan is currently being under review for modification. I owe about 25k in credit card debt. My credit score has went from 730 to 571 in 3 months. I am wondering if I stop paying my credit cards will it make my credit beyond more repairable ? I would settle with them down the road once the economy gets better but right now things are tough. I dont want to keep struggle to pay my credit cards if Its not going to do my credit score any good regardless. what do you think?


If you stop making payments, your score will go down further, but at the same time if you do not stop making further payments, the creditor would not agree to settle your account for less. I think that if you cannot afford to pay, stop paying them and wait for at least 6 months before you negotiate for debt settlement. Credit score can always be repaired, even if it goes below 500, but it may take some time.


lrhall41

Submitted by SC on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 00:34

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another post- how long could my credit score be like it is right now just from being behind on my mortgage? if its something thats not going to change right away and i will not be able to use my credit for anything then the best thing to do is to stop paying and move on right


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sat, 07/11/2009 - 06:08

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Obama admin are calling a meeting with the big banks at the end of July to force them to do more loan mods as they are dragging their feet (surprise, surprise). As for new mortgages for the self empoyed the NY Times had an article about that today - there aren't any!


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sat, 07/11/2009 - 07:18

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Obama admin are calling a meeting with the big banks at the end of July to force them to do more loan mods as they are dragging their feet (surprise, surprise). As for new mortgages for the self empoyed the NY Times had an article about that today - there aren't any!


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sat, 07/11/2009 - 07:19

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As far as credit score is concerned, we're all supposed to be serfs to the big banks. They behave irresponsibly and often illegally, they get bailed out with taxpayer money (and we're paying taxes as well as paying them 29.9% because we missed a payment because they switched the billing date on us).

Sure, credit score needed for good mortgage rates, car loans, even some jobs.

BUT you can only do what you can do and unless you need a new mortgage soon, or a new car loan, best to forget the credit score as it already is trashed anyway and concentrate on paying down debt, via settlement or hardship program or whatever it is.

That's what the rest of the country is doing., The banks are not lending the money they got from the taxpayers and truth be known who wants to be more in debt to these corrupt institutions anyway


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sat, 07/11/2009 - 08:29

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