Glossary of Terms

Bankruptcy

Filing Bankruptcy is a legal declaration of your inability to pay your debts. It gives you protection under a Federal bankruptcy code that can save some assets, keep creditors at bay, and provide you with professional help (for example: an attorney or a court-appointed trustee) to sort out the situation.
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Credit Counseling

Credit Counseling is a debt relief program that consolidates your payment to creditors and typically at a lower interest rate.
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Debt Consolidation

Debt consolidation, simply put, is taking out a loan to pay off other debt. This is often done to save money that would normally be paid on interest.
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Unsecured Debt

Unsecured debt is debt that is not secured with some sort of collateral or asset such as a car or house.
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Debt Settlement

Debt settlement or debt arbitration is a legal process used by people or companies in debt to negotiate a settlement of an existing legal debt with their creditors.
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