Title: Debt Consolidate in Alberta: Your Path to Financial Freedom
1Debt Consolidate in Alberta Your Path to
Financial Freedom
2- We at Credit720 work for you in a similar way
just as your Tax Consultant or Accountant. You
hire our expert advice in debt negotiations as we
help protecting your assets and safeguarding your
rights as our esteemed client. - At Credit720, our goal is to protect your best
self-interest and not the creditors. Debt
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Edmonton Region.
3- Debt Consolidate in Alberta Your Path to
Financial Freedom
- If youre trying to manage bills that are piling
up, you may have come across the idea of
consolidating them. Consolidating your debts can
be convenient, allowing you to make one monthly
payment.
- It can also allow you to swap high-interest debt
for low-interest debt. However, it has drawbacks
and is not right for everyone.
4- Here are some debt consolidation strategies to
keep in mind as you plan for paying off your debt
- Balance Transfer
- A balance transfer involves opening a new credit
card with a low interest rate (for a promotional
period). You then move your previous debt(s) to
this new credit card. In effect, you will have
reduced your interest rate from a high rate on
the old debt to a lower rate on the new card. - You will typically pay a fee for the amount you
transfer (although some cards waive the fee for
applicants with excellent credit), and there will
be a limit to how much you can transfer.
5- Balance Transfer
- This is a smart strategy IF
- You have good enough credit to receive a low
percent promotional rate. Note it is an even
better strategy if you have excellent credit and
can avoid a transfer fee.
- You will pay off all the debt transferred before
the promotional interest rate expires.
6- A Debt Consolidation Loan
- A consolidation loan works much like a balance
transfer, but you would be receiving a loan
rather than a line of credit.
- The process would involve opening the loan, using
funds from the loan to pay off the previous debt,
then repaying the loan. - Like with balance transfers, better terms will be
reserved for borrowers with good to excellent
credit.
7- A Debt Consolidation Loan
- This is a smart strategy IF
- The loan provides better terms than any balance
transfer available to the applicant OR the
applicant is concerned about being able to pay a
balance transfer debt during the promotional
interest period. - The interest rate on the loan is significantly
lower than on the previous debt(s), meaning the
borrower has good to excellent credit. - The borrower can avoid origination fees.
8- Debt Management Program
- The two strategies discussed so far are primarily
reserved for people with good to excellent
credit. But what about if you have high interest
debt and a credit score that is not good or
excellent? In that case, there are some options.
A few involve significant risks, and we do not
generally recommend them (things like HELOCs). - In a debt management plan, you work with a credit
counseling to pay off your debts. The counselors
have relationships with creditors, and in many
cases your creditors will reduce interest rates
and waive fees while you are on the plan.
9- Debt Management Program
- You make one monthly payment under the plan, and
the counselors distribute that payment to your
creditors. So technically, a debt management plan
is not a form of consolidation. - That is because under the plan your accounts
remain separate and are not consolidated into a
new financial commitment. - However, it provides the benefits of
consolidation, because you only must make one
monthly payment and you often receive reduced
interest rates.
10- Debt Management Program
- This is a smart strategy IF
- Your credit does not qualify you for good rates
on a balance transfer or consolidation loan
AND/OR you would like to have a counselor
resource and financial education during your
repayment AND/OR you have experienced a
financial setback such that even if you received
good terms on a consolidation product, it would
be difficult to make payments. - You have primarily high-interest unsecured credit
card debt.
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