Author: There are many companies in America offering debt consolidation. Many times they define their services to be a consolidation of the payments and lowered interest rates on a program plan, but other times they state that they’ll provide you with a loan (meaning they’ll pay your creditors and you’ll pay the company back) with a low interest rate and a payment schedule (usually of 5 years).
It’s actually more dangerous to get a debt consolidation loan than just to do a debt consolidation. This is because debt consolidation has no risk to any parties.
In a typical debt consolidation, the company gets in contact with your creditors, agrees on a lowered interest rate, and disburses the monthly payment you make to the company amongst the creditors accordingly. This keep your credit score afloat and at the same time keeps your creditors from breathing down your neck.
In a typical debt consolidation loan, the company pays down your balances and requires you to make payments to reimburse them, this results in a low interest loan but at the same time the company takes a bigger fee as compensation for taking a risk by paying down your creditors ahead of time.
The bigger benefit here is that your credit score increases slightly because the debts are paid off, but now a bulky debt is acquired and you’ll have to deal with the consolidation company instead.
Although most companies consolidate by negotiation with creditors, some still give consolidation loans. Most people don’t even understand the difference between the two, this includes counselors and consultants, so always confirm with representatives what service they are actually offering.
This will keep any unwanted surprises out of your financial life (we all surely have enough of those already).
To learn more about Debt Counseling programs and how they can help you, you can visit Debt Free Counselor’s page.
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