Hi, First I will give you a little of my background--I am married and a mom of 3 young children. Family income is about $55,000/year. CC debt: $7500, car loans $17,000 (2 cars), and a mortgage. Over the past 6 months we fell into a hardship and this caused many lates to report on our credit reports, even the mortgage. We want to refinance our car loans, and possibly get a new home within the next year. Unfortunately, we can't even get a new credit card with the lates on our credit reports!!!