Published On: August 11, 2014
Predatory auto lenders have long preyed on low-income consumers falsifying the borrower’s income information without any regard to the borrower’s ability to pay the loan. The other day a caller said "I used a document [...]
Published On: June 23, 2014
Forgive Us Our Debts as We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and the Bible Root of all Evil: Credit has Taken the Place of Money Dalton Camp proclaimed many years ago that, "having lost its value, [...]
Published On: March 13, 2014
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to hear from you to learn about your experiences with the debt collection industry. The other day a caller said "I used a document preparer or bankruptcy petition preparer. [...]
Published On: November 24, 2013
The Military Lending Act is intended to protect our military from being preyed on by unscrupulous short-term lenders. Seven years later the government is finding there are huge loopholes in the Act. Loopholes that do [...]
Published On: November 22, 2013
Banks, such as Wells Fargo, are offering loans, similar to payday loans, which trap the borrower into a endless cycle of paying off the same loan time after time, after time. More than $221 billion [...]
Published On: November 6, 2013
Debt collectors face new rules under proposal from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (By Danielle Douglas, Published: November 5) According to the Washington Post: the government is preparing restrictions on debt collectors, a loosely regulated industry [...]
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Published On: September 30, 2013
An Oregon woman sued Equifax, won an $18.6 million jury award for credit-report errors that went unfixed for years. More than $221 billion of these loans at the largest banks will hit this mark over [...]
Published On: September 29, 2013
Con artist threaten to have you arrested or garnish your paycheck unless you pay a debt. More than $221 billion of these loans at the largest banks will hit this mark over the next four [...]
Published On: September 28, 2013
Small bank mistakes result in blacklisting more than a million low-income Americans from being able to get a checking account for years. More than $221 billion of these loans at the largest banks will hit [...]
Published On: September 28, 2013
Robert Naugles prepared his own bankruptcy so thought he would charge others for preparing their documents. Sanctioned by Bankruptcy Court. Naugles assumed "the courthouse staff would point out any errors." NOTE - the Court staff [...]
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“Diane was so professional, knowledgeable, thorough and very kind to work with” S.V. Diane was so professional, knowledgeable, thorough and very kind to work with as she guided me through the extremely emotional process of filing bankruptcy. She was optimistic and positive and always available if I [...]
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Diane and Jay were both very helpful and promptly answered questions that came up
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You helped me in many ways and I am very grateful
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To file bk was a very hard decision to have to make
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whole process went very smoothly from beginning to end
"whole process went very smoothly from beginning to end." Anonytmous We filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy and the whole process went very smoothly from beginning to end. This was thanks to Ms. Drain who was caring, professional and committed to making sure that we fully understood the bankruptcy [...]
An expert who gets the job done!
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We are grateful for all the kindness and respect they showed us.
“We are grateful for all the kindness and respect they showed us in handling our case to completion. ” T.D. and R.I. Diane and Jay are an absolutely phenomenal professional team. Bankruptcy is not an easy undertaking and there is a lot of paperwork you have to [...]
