Are you overwhelmed by your debts? Feeling squeezed by the housing bust? Or simply want to get smarter about managing your money? If you’re ready to regain your financial freedom, you’ll find everything you need in this comprehensive guide. Solve Your Money Troubles shows you how to:

prioritize debts & create a budget
negotiate with creditors
stop harassment by debt collectors
deal with wage garnishment, car repossession, and foreclosure
reduce student loan payments
know what to expect if a creditor sues
rebuild your credit
decide if bankruptcy is the right option for you

To make the process easier, Solve Your Money Troubles includes sample letters to negotiate with creditors, as well as worksheets and charts to calculate your debts and expenses and help you create a repayment plan.

This plain-English guide to decide if Chapter 13 is right for you and to learn how to keep valuable property and discharge your unsecured debts.

Chapter 13 legal concepts, procedures, and monetary calculations can be tricky. Nolo’s Chapter 13 Bankruptcy breaks down the Chapter 13 process and provides clear explanations of the law so you can:

. consider alternatives to bankruptcy
. decide which is better for you — Chapter 7 or Chapter 13
. determine if you qualify for Chapter 13
. understand bankruptcy’s automatic stay
. learn how Chapter 13 can help avoid foreclosure
. find out if you can reduce your car loan balance, or the balance on other secured debts
. determine if you can strip second mortgages or home equity lines from your home
. calculate (with forms and step-by-step instructions) whether you have enough income to propose a repayment plan that will meet legal requirements
. calculate the amount of your monthly plan payment
. find and work effectively with an excellent lawyer, and
. rebuild your credit after bankruptcy

This newest edition includes new information on hiring and working with a lawyer, recent U.S. Supreme Court and other federal court decisions interpreting bankruptcy law, the latest bankruptcy exemption laws in your state, and recent IRS standard expense amounts (which play a role in plan payments).

This book does not cover business bankruptcies, farm reorganizations, or Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy. See Nolo’s How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.

A POWERFUL GUIDE ON TO HOW TO GET RID OF YOUR DEBT AND AVOID BANKRUPTCY

***Updated October 2013 to include the new HUD change on getting a FHA loan***

Learn How to Get Rid of Your Credit Card and Other Debt by Yourself

Are you drowning in a sea of debt because of job loss, a divorce or separation, a disability or medical problem?

Whatever your circumstances or financial hardship, Attorney Jim Arnold has many years of debt settlement experience and he will show you exactly how to get rid of your debt and avoid bankruptcy using proven debt settlement techniques. He has a track record over many years of settling several million dollars in debt for individuals and businesses while at the same time teaching people how to do it themselves.

This short and power packed book will give you a roadmap and step by step instructions on how to get out of debt without having to declare bankruptcy.

This Book Provides You with Forms, Telephone Scripts, Letters, and Settlement Agreements to Use With Your Creditors

You will be guided through the process of how to get rid of your debt and you will be given the specific instructions as to what to say on the telephone to your creditors, bill collectors and collection agencies. After you settle the debt, Mr. Arnold then gives you the letters and settlement agreements to send to your creditors along with advice as to what to write on the check.

Have You Heard About Debt Settlement and Debt Negotiation Companies but Are Not Sure Whether You should Use them and Pay Them a Fee?

Financial authors Dave Ramsey and Suze Orman and the Federal Trade Commission recommend that you negotiate directly with your credit card companies and other creditors to settle your debt and to not use a debt settlement company. The FTC and many state attorney generals have brought law suits against debt settlement companies. This book tells you exactly how to do it yourself.

How does bankruptcy work?

You will learn:

The difference between a Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy and what they typically cost.The top 5 reasons why people go bankrupt.Why you should not undertake to do a bankruptcy by yourself without an experienced bankruptcy lawyer.How to locate a bankruptcy lawyer in your area and learn what qualities to look for in a bankruptcy lawyer.

The goal of this book is to teach you how to settle and reduce your own debts to avoid bankruptcy. However, should you consider declaring bankruptcy this book will also teach you what you need to know.

Here are some of the Debt Settlement Secrets that you will learn:

What are Debts? Secured versus Unsecured Debts?What Debts Are Worth Settling?Why would a Creditor or Credit Card Company want to take a lesser amount than what is owed?What is the Best Way to Get Rid of Debt While Avoiding Bankruptcy?What should be said on the Telephone to Your Creditors or the Collection Agency?What Objections are You Likely to Hear from the Creditor, and How Should You Respond?What is a Restrictive Endorsement and when is it Not Recommended to put it on the Back of Your Personal Check?What Happens to Your Credit After Settlement?What is the Recent Study which found that Worrying about your Debt Lowers your IQ?What is the New August 2013 U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Policy on Getting a New FHA Loan a Year after a Foreclosure?

…and more

Don’t miss out on this incredibly valuable, concise guide on how to get out of debt. Find out the debt settlement secrets that will help you get rid of your debt while avoiding bankruptcy to help you get back on your financial feet. Your investment in this book is less than a large latte at Starbucks yet it can save you thousands of dollars if you buy it now.

Practical paralegal text that covers the basics of bankruptcy practice, debt creation, secured transactions, the law of liens, and debt collection practices.

Features of The ABCs of Debt:

Completely up-to-date coverage of both bankruptcy law and the related topics of debt creation, debt collection, and the discharge or reorganization of debt in bankruptcy. Debt creation and debt collection are covered in detail before addressing bankruptcy, putting the entire debtor/creditor relationship into a broader, more realistic context. Bankruptcy law is presented in a clear, readable format that focuses on the main concepts rather than the minutia of the law. The bankruptcy process is addressed sequentially, as it arises in actual cases, rather than piecemeal. Not only teaches students about the law but also how to apply the law. By stressing the how-to of debtor/creditor law, this text provides the student that critical bridge between simply knowing about a subject and being able to function as a paralegal in the office where debtor-creditor work is done.In addition to examples and forms, Parsons uses realistic case studies to enable students to apply the knowledge and skills they are learning. Forms for use with these case studies included on a CD with the book. The text provides a step-by-step instruction for completing a bankruptcy petition and the challenging OBF 22A for the Chapter 7 means test and OBF 22C for the Chapter 13 determination of commitment period and projected disposable income. Helpful pedagogy includes: Forms and illustrations Examples Case excerpts and summaries Learn-by-doing exercises Problems/Hypotheticals Ethical queries Key terms/marginal definitions Review questions

A comprehensive look at the enormous growth and evolution of distressed debt, corporate bankruptcy, and credit risk default

This Third Edition of the most authoritative finance book on the topic updates and expands its discussion of corporate distress and bankruptcy, as well as the related markets dealing with high-yield and distressed debt, and offers state-of-the-art analysis and research on the costs of bankruptcy, credit default prediction, the post-emergence period performance of bankrupt firms, and more.

Reduce your debts, save your property — and start over!
Are you considering Chapter 13 bankruptcy? Use this plain-English guide to decide if Chapter 13 is right for you and to learn how to keep valuable property and discharge your unsecured debts.
Chapter 13 legal concepts, procedures, and monetary calculations can be tricky. Nolo’s Chapter 13 Bankruptcy breaks down the Chapter 13 process and provides clear explanations of the law so you can:
. consider non bankruptcy alternatives
. decide which is better for you — Chapter 7 or Chapter 13
. determine if you qualify for Chapter 13
. understand bankruptcy’s automatic stay
. learn how Chapter 13 can help avoid foreclosure
. find out if you can reduce your car loan balance, or the balance on other secured debts
. determine if you can strip second mortgages or home equity lines from your home
. calculate (with forms and step-by-step instructions) whether you have enough income to propose a repayment plan that will meet legal requirements
. calculate the amount of your monthly plan payment
. find and work effectively with an excellent lawyer, and
. rebuild your credit after bankruptcy
This newest edition includes new information on hiring and working with a lawyer, recent U.S. Supreme Court and other federal court decisions interpreting bankruptcy law, the latest bankruptcy exemption laws in your state, and recent IRS standard expense amounts (which play a role in plan payments).
If you are considering or have decided to file Chapter 13 bankruptcy, Nolo’s Chapter 13 Bankruptcy is the essential guide you need to understand the procedures and law.
Please note: This book does not cover business bankruptcies, farm reorganizations, or Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy. For Chapter 7 bankruptcy, see Nolo’s  How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. If you own your own business and are considering Chapter 7 bankruptcy, see Nolo’s Bankruptcy for Small Business Owners.

Feeling overwhelmed by your debts? If you’re ready to regain your financial freedom, feeling the squeeze of the housing bust or simply get smarter about managing your money, you’ll find everything you need in this complete guide. Solve Your Money Troubles shows you how to:

. prioritize debts
. create a budget
. negotiate with creditors
. stop collector harassment
. challenge wage attachments
. contend with repossessions
. respond to creditor lawsuits
. qualify for a mortgage
. rebuild credit
. decide if bankruptcy is the right option for you

To make the process easier, Solve Your Money Troubles includes sample letters to creditors, as well as worksheets and charts to calculate your debts and expenses.

Bankruptcy in America, in stark contrast to its status in most other countries, typically signifies not a debtor’s last gasp but an opportunity to catch one’s breath and recoup. Why has the nation’s legal system evolved to allow both corporate and individual debtors greater control over their fate than imaginable elsewhere? Masterfully probing the political dynamics behind this question, David Skeel here provides the first complete account of the remarkable journey American bankruptcy law has taken from its beginnings in 1800, when Congress lifted the country’s first bankruptcy code right out of English law, to the present day.

Skeel shows that the confluence of three forces that emerged over many years–an organized creditor lobby, pro-debtor ideological currents, and an increasingly powerful bankruptcy bar–explains the distinctive contours of American bankruptcy law. Their interplay, he argues in clear, inviting prose, has seen efforts to legislate bankruptcy become a compelling battle royale between bankers and lawyers–one in which the bankers recently seem to have gained the upper hand. Skeel demonstrates, for example, that a fiercely divided bankruptcy commission and the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress have yielded the recent, ideologically charged battles over consumer bankruptcy.

The uniqueness of American bankruptcy has often been noted, but it has never been explained. As different as twenty-first century America is from the horse-and-buggy era origins of our bankruptcy laws, Skeel shows that the same political factors continue to shape our unique response to financial distress.