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2. How to pay off a debt in collections

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   2. Know your debt collection rights. Educate yourself about your rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). This federal law regulates how creditors and debt collectors can ...

3. What are debt relief companies and how do they work? - AOL

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   Key takeaways. Debt relief can take three forms: debt settlement, consolidation and management. Working with a debt management company can result in less debt or a faster payoff — but there are ...

4. How to tell if debt settlement is a good idea for you - AOL

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   Credit settlement may help you eliminate credit card balances for less than you owe. However, this debt relief method has several risks. If you’re one of the millions of Americans struggling ...

5. Foreclosure - Wikipedia

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   To keep the right of redemption, the debtor may be able to petition the court for an injunction. If repossession is imminent, the debtor must seek a temporary restraining order. However, the debtor may have to post a bond in the amount of the debt. This protects the creditor if the attempt to stop foreclosure is simply an attempt to escape the ...

6. Debt settlement - Wikipedia

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   Debt settlement (also called debt reduction, debt negotiation or debt resolution) is a settlement negotiated with a debtor's unsecured creditor. Commonly, creditors agree to forgive a large part of the debt: perhaps around half, though results can vary widely. When settlements are finalized, the terms are put in writing.

7. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act - Wikipedia

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   The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Pub. L. 95-109; 91 Stat. 874, codified as 15 U.S.C. § 1692 –1692p, approved on September 20, 1977 (and as subsequently amended), is a consumer protection amendment, establishing legal protection from abusive debt collection practices, to the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as Title VIII of that Act.

8. Debt relief: Pros and cons - AOL

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   Debt settlement is a process that lets you settle large amounts of debt for less than you owe, and it is offered through for-profit debt settlement companies. Typically, these programs ask you to ...

9. Debt collection - Wikipedia

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   A debt collection bureau in Minnesota. Debt collection or cash collection is the process of pursuing payments of money or other agreed-upon value owed to a creditor. The debtors may be individuals or businesses. An organization that specializes in debt collection is known as a collection agency or debt collector. [1]