Solve Your Money Troubles: Debt, Credit & Bankruptcy [Paperback]

Robin Leonard J.D. (Author), Margaret Reiter Attorney (Author)

Book Description

Series: Solve Your Money Troubles | Publication Date: June 2, 2009

Repair your credit and get out of debt with the complete guide to solving your money troubles.

Feeling overwhelmed by your debts? If you're ready to regain your financial freedom, feeling the squeeze of the housing bust or simply get smarter about managing your money, you'll find everything you need in this complete guide. Solve Your Money Troubles shows you how to:

prioritize debts

create a budget

negotiate with creditors

stop collector harassment

challenge wage attachments

contend with repossessions

respond to creditor lawsuits

qualify for a mortgage

rebuild credit

decide if bankruptcy is the right option for you

To make the process easier, Solve Your Money Troubles also includes sample letters to creditors, as well as worksheets and charts to calculate your debts and expenses and help you create a repayment plan.

To make the process easier, the 12th edition of Solve Your Money Troubles includes all-new sample letters to creditors which reflect changing financial times, as well as worksheets and charts to calculate your debts and expenses and help you create a repayment plan. You'll also get fully updated state laws and new information on dealing with foreclosure. (20080102)

Editorial Reviews

Review

This is one of the best books you can buy on all aspects of personal debt. It helps with all the strategies (including worksheets) necessary to get out of debt and rebuild your credit. (Michael Pellechia 20080102)

"If you feel powerless under the weight of your bills, this book will give you strength and the skills needed to respond to bill collectors and to rebuild your credit and -- just as important -- your self esteem." (The New Orleans Times-Picayune 20080201)

"This is one of the best books you can buy on all aspects of personal debt. It helps with all the strategies (including worksheets) necessary to get out of debt and rebuild your credit." (Michael Pellecchia, syndicated columnist 20080201)

"This book is a must-have, even for people who don't have debt problems." (Los Angeles Times 20090101)

Reading Attorney Robin Leonard's book... should help you in dealing with the jackals." (Cleveland Plain Dealer 20090101)

Can help make these daunting tasks much easier to handle. (Accounting Today 20090101)

Reading Attorney Robin Leonard's book... should help you in dealing with the jackals. (Cleveland Plain Dealer 20090101)

Practical advice as well as state-by-state listings of who to turn to for every aspect of your financial health. (First Magazine 20090101)

This book is a must-have, even for people who don't have debt problems. (Los Angeles Times 20090101)

Clear and detailed information on consumer and personal debt, lawsuits, bankruptcy, and rebuilding credit. (Modern Maturity 20090101)

Offers those deep in debt a plan for digging themselves out. (Orlando Sentinel )

If you feel powerless under the weight of your bills, this book will give you strength and the skills needed to respond to bill collectors and to rebuild your credit and -- just as important -- your self esteem. (The New Orleans Times-Picayune )

Review

"This is one of the best books you can buy on all aspects of personal debt. It helps with all the strategies (including worksheets) necessary to get out of debt and rebuild your credit."

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Product Details

• Paperback: 520 pages
• Publisher: NOLO; 12 edition (June 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1413310222
• ISBN-13: 978-1413310221
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #454,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robin Leonard is a former attorney who gave up the law to become a rabbi. She is the author of many Nolo books including Solve Your Money Troubles: Debt, Credit & Bankruptcy and Credit Repair. She also helped write How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples.