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Robert Weed

May 16, 20102 min read

File bankruptcy? Or pay $1,134,164 for $7,783 credit card

Maureen O’Malley, a leading bankruptcy lawyer in Herndon, Va, sent me this credit card disclosure. It shows it will take $1.1 million...

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Robert Weed

May 13, 20102 min read

Abusive Debt Collectors: The Lies They Tell

For most people facing the prospect of filing for bankruptcy, it seems that nothing is more stressful than getting behind on your debts....

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Robert Weed

May 11, 20101 min read

One of my bankruptcy clients stopped me in the grocery store

One of my bankruptcy clients from 2007 stopped me in the grocery store just now, as a I was out buying lunch. He just wanted to tell me...

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Robert Weed

May 3, 20102 min read

At the bankruptcy attorneys convention, what I learned

Attorney Leigh Faugust and I just got back from the annual convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. We...

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Robert Weed

Apr 30, 20102 min read

Navy Federal takes money from children

Last month, Navy Federal emptied out the savings account where 14 year old Tammy (not her real name) saved the money she made baby...

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Robert Weed

Apr 26, 20101 min read

Filing Bankruptcy to Save Security Clearance

Someone came to me today and we are filing her bankruptcy tomorrow–we hope to save her security clearance and her job. This lady...

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Robert Weed

Apr 26, 20101 min read

If I file bankruptcy, can I still get a mortgage modification?

Important new regulations issued by the Obama administration say two very important things for people struggling with their debts and...

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Robert Weed

Apr 8, 20101 min read

Before filing bankruptcy, get your money out of Wachovia

I just found out that when you file bankruptcy, Wachovia will freeze your accounts. That’s even if you don’t owe them any money. So if...

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Robert Weed

Apr 4, 20108 min read

Warrant In Debt – What You Need To Know

Warrant In Debt A warrant in debt is what they call it in Virginia when a creditor is suing you in General District Court. Warrant makes...

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After bankruptcy what if I don’t pay my second mortgage?

Robert Weed

Mar 25, 20104 min read

After bankruptcy what if I don’t pay my second mortgage?

After chapter 7 bankruptcy, I often advise my clients, just don’t pay the second mortgage. Now, if you don’t file bankruptcy and stop...

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Robert Weed

Mar 9, 20102 min read

After bankruptcy, what's this from Weltman, Weinberg & Reis? Or Bass and Associates

If you buy furniture, appliances or jewelry on store credit, they have a right to get it back after your bankruptcy is over. (Unless you...

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Robert Weed

Feb 27, 20103 min read

I quit paying–how long after bankruptcy can I keep my house?

Some people file bankruptcy just before the foreclosure . They have given up trying to keep the house–just can’t afford it. They want...

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Robert Weed

Feb 23, 20104 min read

Your credit report after bankruptcy

<h2>Your credit report after bankruptcy</h2> Getting back to good credit is one of the three big reasons to file Chapter 7 bankruptcy. ...

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Can bankruptcy help with my student loans?

Robert Weed

Feb 18, 20107 min read

Can bankruptcy help with my student loans?

If you read the law, it says we can get rid of the student loans in bankruptcy if we can show “undue hardship.” “Undue hardship” doesn’t...

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Robert Weed

Feb 3, 20102 min read

Bankruptcy, foreclosure, 1099-A and 1099-C

You don’t need to worry about getting a 1099-A. If the bank took over your house in a foreclosure, either before or after filing a...

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Robert Weed

Jan 28, 20101 min read

After foreclosure, do mortgage companies keep trying to collect?

Many people ask me what happens if they walk away from the house and don’t file bankruptcy. Do the big banks and mortgage companies...

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Robert Weed

Jan 21, 20102 min read

The bankruptcy cram-down and the Massachusetts election

Today’s New York Times blames the Democratic defeat in the Massachusetts Senate election, in part on the failure of the Obama...

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Robert Weed

Jan 8, 20102 min read

Bankruptcy Outlook for 2010

New Years There were 10,634 bankruptcy cases filed in the Alexandria bankruptcy court in 2009. That broke the record of 9,769 set in...

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