Hello All! great to find a place like this, i was using another forum and my head was spinning and i didnt know WTF to do anymore and i needed to find a good place for info... so heres my song and dance and what I feel is my best option and please i appreciate ALL critisim that is helpful to me!
I was a mortgage broker since 2002 (please keep negative comments to your self, you dont know if i was one of the bad guys or not) iu am currentlu on unemployment..... around jan 2008 i started to get into trouble, and it all sprialed out of control at that point i was able to close one HSBC card at the time which was nice but i took no further action on any accounts and i reached my breaking point of frustration, i dont owe much only close to 5k, but 5 k can feel like 100k when you have collectors and attorneys breathing down your neck!
I worked out a settlement with a geico card i had and i recived a settle ment letter that states Geico will consider this debt settled and no further action will be taken, this was about 1 month ago...
Current accounts i have now are Barclays (1400.00) with northstar, Credit one (1026.00) with allstate financial , HSBC (1200.00) with Fazlone and assc., Crap1 1300.00 with Malen and assc., and a HSBC (560.00) card that was charged off and sold to portfolio which is not reporting on my credit.
i got fed up and I hesitantly asked my uncle to borrow enough money to pay off all my debts, he gave me the money with out hesiattion which was SUCH a releif!!
so, last friday 10/30 i received a "complaint" from my local court about my Crap1 accouunt with Malen and assc., i called Malen w/o answering the complaint (wich is a valid complaint) and agreed to a settlement amount for 1100 and I am OK with this amount, Next week i will be going into their office to pay off settled amount and they will be giving me a stipulation of discontinuance with prejudice letter, a copy for me and they said they will be sending in their copy to the courts to stop the complaint.... now should i answer the complaing before i settle the debt? or should i settle the debt and bring that letter to the court myself???
as for the other account I currently am awating settlement letters from all of them that state the debt will be considers settled and no further action will be taken against me once paid, am I doing this right?
As for allstate financial, they got me, they scared me when i didnt know wtf to do, i agreed to a settlement then i called back up to cancel it but they said they couldnt, so when the check hit my bank account i went into the bank and they canceld the check for no charge, after this allstate tried to post two more checks to my account w/o me autrhorizing, so i had to close out my bank account and open a new one..... after all that they call me up and state they are going to serve me blah blah blah they have insufficent funds chekcs agasint me But they will stop all proceedings if i settle with them, they are scum and they were practically begging me to settle, but the funny thing is the funds were available its just the way the bank canceled them for me it looks like that, how should i proceed with these guys? should i just pay the OC? or should i wait until it goes to a new CA?
sorry for the long story, but my head is spinning i can see the light thought i just dont know if i am doing it right! please help thanks!!!