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Advantages & Disadvantages of Filing for Bankruptcy (When And When Not To File)

Unfortunately, there has been a longstanding (and unjustified) stigma associated with filing for bankruptcy. When bad things happen to good people, bankruptcy makes it possible to start over. There are advantages to filing for bankruptcy including eliminating overwhelming debt, learn from any financial mistakes you may have made in the past, and set the stage

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Understanding the Means Test

If you are considering filing for (personal) bankruptcy, understand that you have two options: a Chapter 7 filing or a Chapter 13 filing. While these two types of bankruptcy have the same aim – discharging your eligible debts and freeing up your financial situation – they go about it differently.    Chapter 13 bankruptcy (often

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