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Recovering a Home Lost to Unpaid Real Estate Taxes

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 16:15

Depriving local governments of tax revenue is like cutting off oxygen to the body–they can’t live without it. Local governments and schools in Nebraska depend on a steady flow of real estate tax revenue to keep their doors open.

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Discharging Private Student Loans: A New Blueprint Emerges

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/30/2015 - 03:51

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Student Loans Discharged Despite Zero Payment IBR

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 12/14/2015 - 03:42

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Does Credit Counseling Work? A review of the Cambridge Transparency Report

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 12/07/2015 - 17:44

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The Profit in Nonprofit Credit Counseling

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 11/30/2015 - 01:56

To be in the credit counseling business you have to be a nonprofit. Credit card companies will frequently refuse to set up repayment plans with for-profit debt counselors. Mandatory bankruptcy credit counseling courses may only be sponsored by nonprofits. And the common perception is that “real” credit counselors should be nonprofit agencies.