The Debt Collector's Handbook


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Winning your case in court is only half the battle. It's a fact that some people hide their assets to avoid paying debts and judgments. This truly unique book will show you how to find and reach that hidden money. Author David J. Cook is a veteran collections attorney who has been chasing down debtors for over 39 years. This colorfully written book will teach you the basics of civil remedies, real estate, finance, and sleuthing. The author outlines for you the power of the bluff and the outer parameters of threat, when a threat becomes extortion, and when you need to walk away from a situation. This book is about collecting debts, finding assets, enforcing judgments against difficult people, or, should you be so inclined, beating out your creditors.




Defeating Debt


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Kidd urges the reader to follow the practical steps outlined in this book in order to realize victory over finances and debt. The author became a millionaire himself at age 24 and today is an investor, entrepreneur, financial coach, speaker, and author. (Practical Life)




Mastering Money: How to Beat Debt, Build Wealth, and Be Prepared for any Financial Crisis


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Overcome debt, make smart money decisions, and build a financially secure future Do you support your family, pay your taxes, get the bills done on time—and yet still struggle to achieve financial security? If so, you’re not alone. About one-third of all Americans have not saved for retirement, another third have no savings at all, and more than half have no budget. How did we get here? Two words: financial illiteracy. As money and finance have become more complex over the decades, the average American has not been able to keep up—in essence, leaving our personal financial decisions up to banks, bureaucrats, policymakers, and even fraudsters. Norm Champ, a former director at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), provides an in-depth primer on how money works, designed just for you—the non-finance reader. Champ shows how to: • Pay off your loans and stay out of debt for the long run • Build savings that will see you through thick and thin • Avoid financial disaster—from bad credit deals to outright scams • Start building a safe, smart investing portfolio Our financial system is easier to grasp than you think—and armed with this new knowledge and insight, you’ll finally take control of your financial future. When you know how money works, you make better financial decisions. It’s that simple. Mastering Money demystifies finance and provides plainspoken, straightforward advice for building a solid financial foundation you can count on in good times and bad.




Stick It to Sue Happy Debt Collectors


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I look at being sued by a debt collector like this: If you are going to sue me, you better have the proof and documentation to validate it. I will fight and tooth and nail if the attorney or law firm can't or won't show proper proof. It doesn't matter if I owe the debt or not. I am not an “easy money target†and after you read my book neither will you.




You Can Beat Credit Card Debt Collectors


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Junk debt buyers annually purchase millions of consumer accounts, raking in billions of dollars, and innocent people pay these junk debt buyers, because they did not know one simple truth...YOU DO NOT OWE JUNK DEBT BUYERS ANYTHING!Over the years since I first published the article that gave rise to my book, I have answered thousands of questions from readers who were living in fear, running from junk debt collectors who were trying to scare them out of their hard-earned and scarce money. Good people, who had fallen on hard times through no fault of their own, were being pursued by what I routinely call "Blood Suckers." I am not an attorney, just someone who has done a lot of research to benefit others, but, if someone wants to say that my advice does not work, then the thousands of people who have won their cases is silent testimony that it does. Here are just a few of their letters and comments to make the point. "Brian, I really want to thank you for your help and assistance for what you do. You may not know how many families you have saved as a result of your material. I learned from you what I never learned in school. The good news is that I sued Midland, and they deleted the account from my credit and paid me some money. In a nutshell, they settled with me without wanting to go to court. You rock, and I'm grateful."Dear Mr. Gray, I took your advice in this article, and I WON! Brilliant! It completely worked. I filed my answer, served a request for production, and BAM, the next thing you know, Portfolio Recovery was filing their Motion for Nonsuit. You saved me tons of money. I didn't get a lawyer. I almost did, but decided, 'What the hell?', and took a chance! Thanks for your terrific advice in this article.""Hi Brian, You have given me excellent advice regarding debt collectors coming after me. I think it was 2014, or 2015, but I won 5 out of 5 cases using your advice." "Brian, I just wanted to thank you for your article on beating debt collectors. I followed what you said, had my day in court, and won! Before reading it, I had no idea what my rights were, so again, thank you!" Every year, millions of ordinary people are trampled under the wheels of greedy corporations whose only desire is the bread off the tables of these poor people. Those greedy corporations are junk debt buyers. It does not matter what the names of those corporations are, they are all the same, because they have corrupted the legal system, twisted it and distorted it, so that they can rob defenseless and scared citizens who are barely surviving.The typical situation follows a pattern. You had a sudden chain of events that spiraled downward and eventually out of control, leaving you with greater debts than income. As the losses piled up, you began to default on your credit card debt, none of this having ever been the intention when you first signed up for the credit card. Embarrassed and broken, you hoped against hope that, somehow, you would get back on your feet, and this nightmare would be over...but in the end, while you were sitting in the ashes of what was left, you were sued by what you thought was the original creditor coming to take away your last ray of hope. However, who really came knocking was a low-life called a junk debt buyer who had bought your bad debt for pennies on the dollar, and he wanted to trick you into paying him the entire amount.A junk debt buyer, as an example, pays $5 for a bad account that had an outstanding balance to the original creditor of $1,000. He paid $5, but he demands that you pay him $1,000! How does this make any sense? Yet this example happens thousands of times each day in U.S. courts.According to statistics from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one of these junk debt buyer conglomerates, from 2009 to 2015, paid about $4 billion for approximately 60 million accounts with a face value of $128 billion. This immoral business is BIG business!




How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, and Live Prosperously*


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A simple, proven-effective formula for freeing yourself from debt—and staying that way • Revised and updated, with a new Preface by the author “A must read for anyone wanting to get their head above water.”—The Wall Street Journal THE CLASSIC GUIDE, REVISED WITH UP-TO-THE-MINUTE INFORMATION OUT OF THE RED • Do this month’s bills pile up before you’ve paid last month’s? • Do you regularly receive past-due notices? • Do you get letters threatening legal action if immediate payment is not made? • Do the total amounts of your revolving charge accounts keep rising? INTO THE BLACK Whether you are currently in debt or fear you’re falling into debt, you are not alone. Sixty million Americans—from doctors to secretaries, from executives to the unemployed—face the same problem and live under the same daily stress. Based on the proven techniques of the national Debtors Anonymous program, here is the first complete, step-by-step guide to getting out of debt once and for all. You’ll learn • how to recognize the warning signs of serious debt • how to negotiate with angry creditors, collection agencies, and the IRS • how to design a realistic and painless payback schedule • how to identify your spending blind spots • how to cope with the anxiety and daily pressures of owing money • plus the three cardinal rules for staying out of debt forever, and much more! This book is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Debtors Anonymous. A recovered debtor, the author is intimately familiar with the success of the Debtors Anonymous program.




Financial Recovery


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After healing her own unhealthy relationship with money, and transforming her financial disaster into prosperity and security, Karen McCall created a recovery program she has now used for more than twenty years to help individuals, couples, and businesses large and small. In the midst of her money troubles, she saw a need for something other than financial planners, accountants, and credit counselors. These experts could tell her what she should be doing differently, but she needed someone to help her understand the underlying causes of chronic, self-defeating overspending and credit card debt, underearning, and low or no savings. To save herself, she created practical, holistic tools that address these sources of pain and shame. McCall’s program supports people as they uncover their deep-seated attitudes about money; provides simple, step-by-step tools for healing areas of physical, emotional, and spiritual deprivation; and teaches skills and strategies for experiencing lasting personal and financial fulfillment even in the midst of economic challenges and reversals.




Financial Peace Revisited


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With the help of a #1 New York Times bestselling author and finance expert, set your finances right with these updated tactics and practices Dave Ramsey knows what it's like to have it all. By age twenty-six, he had established a four-million-dollar real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial life and, through his workshops and his New York Times business bestsellers Financial Peace and More than Enough, he has helped hundreds of thousands of people to understand the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right-financially, emotionally, and spiritually. In this new edition of Financial Peace, Ramsey has updated his tactics and philosophy to show even more readers: • how to get out of debt and stay out • the KISS rule of investing—"Keep It Simple, Stupid" • how to use the principle of contentment to guide financial decision making • how the flow of money can revolutionize relationships With practical and easy to follow methods and personal anecdotes, Financial Peace is the road map to personal control, financial security, a new, vital family dynamic, and lifetime peace.




Chipping Away at Public Debt


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Path-breaking research on one of the most important macroeconomic policy challenges in the post-crisis world, presented in accessible language Written and researched by a team of experts from the International Monetary Fund, other policy-making institutions, and academia, this timely book looks at fiscal adjustment plans in advanced economies, comparing the planned or projected reductions in debts and deficits to the actual outcomes, and explaining why objectives were met in some cases but missed in others. An overview reveals pitfalls to avoid and lessons learned for securing successful fiscal adjustment. Written by experts in the field Addresses public concern about skyrocketing government debts Contains cutting edge research that changes the way we look at fiscal adjustment Presents meticulous archival research in compelling and engaging case studies Explores lessons learned and policy implications going forward Includes country coverage of all G7 and European Union economies Educating and informing investors, economists, and the general public, this important book looks at why some attempts to curb debts and deficits succeed whereas others fail, as well as how to ensure successful fiscal adjustment in the period ahead.




Financial Peace


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Dave Ramsey explains those scriptural guidelines for handling money.