We are currently in a debt management program with almost $90,000 left in debt (started over a year ago with $103,000). Went to bankruptcy attny last weekend to see if we could file Chpt 7 and we didn't qualify. They are offering to do debt negotiation/settlements for us for $7,500 flat fee up front. Our debt management co. says beware of debt settlement as it will cost us even more $, we'll be sued, we'l be charged huge "cancellation fees",yada yada. Meanwhile, if we stay with debt mgmt for another 4 yrs, it will cost us over $130,000...and I don't see how we can keep it up much longer.