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How Long Does Bad Credit Last?

Credit Corp

A charge-off is when the creditor officially writes your debt off its books as a loss. Keep in mind that a creditor writing off your unpaid debt as a loss doesn’t mean you don’t owe the debt. Your creditor may sell your charged-off debt to a collection agency for pennies on the dollar.

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How To Remove Negative Items From Your Credit Report

Better Credit Blog

Whatever you’re dealing with, late payments, collections, charge-offs, or foreclosures, the following techniques can clean up your credit quickly. Write a letter to the original creditor or collection agency and ask them to remove the negative entry from your credit history as an act of goodwill. Foreclosures. Bankruptcy.

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Sixth Circuit Decision Highlights the Risk of Initiating Collection Remedies During the FDCPA’s Validation Period

BN Lawyers

the defendant initiated non-judicial foreclosure proceedings during the consumer’s thirty-day FDCPA validation period. The scheduled sheriff’s foreclosure sale did not take place, and the motion for an injunction was stayed pending verification of the debt. Trott Law, P.C. ,

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What to do When You’re Served Papers for a Debt

Debt RR

Creditors usually send several notices prior to filing a complaint with the court. In fact, the creditor will need to show the court its attempts at collecting the debt and its notice of intent to sue in order to prove its case. There are two other conditions that must be met for a creditor to serve papers on a debtor.

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Avoiding Overshadowing Claims

FDCPA Defense

Section 1692g of the FDCPA says collectors must provide notice to consumers within five days of the initial communication regarding the debt, stating the amount of the debt, the name of the current creditor, and explaining the consumer’s right to dispute the debt and to obtain verification. See 15 U.S.C. 1692g(a)(1), (2). 1692g(a)(4).

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For Attorneys Representing Community Associations: A Primer On FDCPA Class Actions And How To Avoid Them

FDCPA Defense

As you evaluate your firm’s risk to these cases, you will want to review every consumer-facing interaction of the firm top to bottom, including any letter forms utilized, your standard telephone practices and voicemail messages, the complaints, pleadings, discovery requests, and the post-judgment collection practices you employ. LLC , 817 F.3d

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Bankruptcy Disclaimer Did Not Violate FDCPA

Consumer Financial Services Law

In those cases, the Sixth Circuit concluded that foreclosure proceedings are debt collection. fka Standard Federal Bank has retained our law firm to begin foreclosure proceedings on the above referenced property. IS THE CREDITOR'S ATTORNEY AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON ITS BEHALF. Chase Home Fin. LLC, 704 F.3d