Image by Getty Images via Daylife The FTC hosted a public forum on November 4, 2009 to discuss a proposed “advance fee ban” and continued tightening on “disclosures and misrepresentations” related to the debt settlement industry. The meeting was certainly packed with all of the major players in the debt settlement industry from practitioners to [...]
Debt Settlement Gone Horribly Wrong (for the Consumer)
Image via Wikipedia Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is pursuing Debt Relief USA, who is currently in bankruptcy with $4.6 million in withheld debt relief promised to clients. The press release from the Texas AG cites 2,500 debt customers as victims. There are some definite lessons to learn in this statement to keep your debt [...]

Is the Regulatory Environment Changing Your Business?
Image by Getty Images via Daylife I am curious what the general sentiment is on this topic. I hear a lot of my customers having to make adjustments because of all of the regulatory changes. There’s HVCC, loan modification rule changes, increased mortgage licensing requirements, robocall bans, and a host of other changes that target [...]

Follow Me on Twitter for More Valuable Info
Image via CrunchBase Are you following me on Twitter? You should be. I am constantly Twittering out ideas, tips, and news I pick up from my stream of daily feeds on debt, mortgage, and loan modification. Here are some recent items you may have missed if you weren’t following me: Reverse Mortgage – Bank of [...]



