after i send an offer letter to CA, then what?

You should send debt validation letters to the CA by certified mail and the CA needs to validate the debt within 30 days from the date of receipt of the DV letter else they need to stop collecting the debt. You can find sample DV letters if you visit the link debt settlement letters.

Jstncredit...you need to read the FDCPA....your information is WRONG. The CA does have to validate the debt within any time period...they just cannot continue to collect on the debt until they have done so.

if a settlement offer was sent out, does this mean that the debt was admitted to? (i always wonder about this and would like to learn more)
if they did not respond to the settlement offer letters, my guess would be that they refused the offer.

You are right Solaplady. There is no time period within which the creditor has to validate the debt and I have checked it out with FDCPA. I found the information from creditinfocenter which I think is wrong. I am thankful to the moderators for pointing me out my mistakes. I am learning a lot from this forum now-a-days.
Thanks a lot :)

I am a little confused. I dont think this addressed my original question so I am still wondering what I am suppose to do after I have sent out letters of offers but have notheard anything.

Should I send out new offers with a higher amount?

i'm confused also. what to do next?

I would definately send out new DV letters to the CAs.

As stated above the FDCPA guidlines prohibits the CA to report your account to the credit bureaus and cease collection activities until the debt has been validated to the consumer.

I received a settlement offer from a CA, however it states that payment must be made to the Credit company. Should I still request DV?

Why dont you call the OC and verify the balance. If the creditor agrees then I would pay the creditor.