Friday, March 16, 2007

Debt Consolidation? Yay or Nay? ... YAY!

There are many reasons why debt consolidation is an extremely helpful way to reduce your debt, take control of your financial situation, and help you lead a life of financial stability.

Oftentimes, individuals incur too many separate bills and loan payments, which lead to many different payments during a given month. The individual may be able to afford the monthly payments; however, remembering to pay all of the payments on a consistent basis can be a difficult task in today’s busy world. A missed or late payment may result in an increased interest rate or monthly payment, late fees, and can even damage one’s credit report. A debt consolidation loan could be your answer; since it takes all debt acquired by different creditors and combines them into one consolidation loan resulting in a single reduced monthly payment. Another option is to hire a third party service provider or a consolidation agency to negotiate with your creditors and handle your payments on your behalf. By allowing an agency to manage this, you get the benefits of only having to make a single payment to the agency once a month, a reduced loan, a lower interest rate, as well as late fees and other charges waived. This fundamentally leads to the individual saving their money, thus increasing future financial freedom.

Another reason why debt consolidation may help you gain the financial prowess you have always dreamed of is extremely high monthly payments for either loans or credit cards that are too difficult to maintain. A high interest rate increases the borrower’s monthly payment, as well as an abridged repayment plan, or even a high loan amount that makes the monthly payment unattainable. By choosing a debt consolidation loan or program, debt negotiators may be able to help you achieve a fixed interest rate, a flexible loan, or a revolving credit plan at a better interest rate. All of these possible results can aid in the reduction of your monthly installments as well as extend your repayment schedule, leaving you with more money at the end of each month.

A debt consolidation loan or a debt consolidation agency can also be helpful if an individual possesses a high number of outstanding loans with differing due dates as well as contrasting end dates. Getting approved for a consolidation loan, once again, will aid in repaying multiple loans that now share one due date and one end date as well as enabling the borrower to deal with just one lender. By hiring the services of a debt consolidation agency, you get the benefit of the agency negotiating new repayment programs with corresponding due dates and end dates on your behalf. These options will help you gain control of your finances by providing one loan due date and end date or a more collective group of due and end dates, which will enable you to budget accordingly and give you the exact timeframe for when your debts will be completely paid off.

Debt consolidation offers many advantages to help you reach financial freedom and it is far less damaging than declaring bankruptcy. You will be able to manage your finances with better accuracy, which will lead you to a more secure financial future.

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