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Consolidating Your Credit Card Debt
Copyright 2005 MHG Consulting
Credit cards have revolutionized the purchasing experience since Diners Club released the first credit card in the year 1950.
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Watching your financial condition worsen, there will be many to offer you a word of advice along with their sympathy. The courses of action suggested will number as much as the number of sympathisers. This confuses the individual rather than...
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Debt Consolidation and Online Debt Consolidation
Online debt consolidation information is available through many Internet sources that specialize in assisting many American households in managing or eliminating their outstanding debt. The debt load of the typical American household is upwards of $10,000 just in credit card debt alone accounting for the popularity of debt consolidation loans. Debt consolidation and debt settlement options are among the most popular financial options that many consumers choose to handle their debt overload. Through personal loans and credit card charges, many consumers have gradually accumulated huge debt over a period of years. It has becoming increasingly difficult for many consumers to make payments, take care of everyday financial needs and maintain a good credit record. Online debt consolidation sources have become increasing appealing to debt ridden consumers.
For consumers who still manage to pay their monthly payments and have stable, earning ability, finding help from an online debt consolidation source may be the best debt elimination strategy. While debt settlement can wipe out total debt through negotiations with credit card companies, there is still a liability in many cases with debt settlements. A debt settlement can still leave damaged credit while the debt consolidation option can leave a consumer's credit intact and eventually wipe out all debt. Online debt consolidation sources offer debt elimination strategies through debt consolidation that can wipe out debt within 3-5 years in the best cases.
Online debt consolidation companies can help a consumer develop a pay off plan through assuming one, consolidation loan that can be used to pay off all unsecured debt. A debt consolidation loan pays all debt off with one lump sum, and the consumer is left with only one, monthly payment instead of the previous
multiple payments. An online debt consolidation company can contact all credit card companies and can sometimes negotiate a lower interest rate for pay off. Even though a consumer will still pay the debt off completely, the savings in interest on monthly payments can be significant. Usually the overall interest rate charged for the one debt consolidation loan is lower than the combined monthly credit card payments.
An online debt consolidation company can advise you on the best debt consolidation loan rates you can receive as well as the best pay off terms. Sometimes a debt consolidation loan will take more than the typical 3-5 years to pay off, depending on the amount of unsecured debt there is to pay off. There are many online debt consolidation sources available to help consumers with a debt consolidation strategy including non-profit agencies. It is good to note that the non-profit agencies receive a portion of consumer consolidation pay offs that they negotiate for credit card companies, which may or may not be favorable to consumers. "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." (Psalms 23:1)
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About the Author
Christian N,
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