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I'm down 63k, How can I defer the debt?
cheekykid
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Hello to everyone,
Here's my predicament:
I owe about 63k to various creditors. To lloyds 43k (2 personal loans)
and the rest is on various credit cards.
I have gotten in touch with the charity StepChange and they have advised me on how to handle my debt problems. They have suggested that I send a list of creditors and monthly income to all my creditors along with a letters that says that I can only give £1 to them monthly.
In your experience what is the probability of them accepting this offer?
When I talk to my creditors I tell them that I invested everything in a business hence my financial problems. Is it wise to tell them this?
Basically I think in a way that I have the upper hand since all my debt is unsecured so its not in their interest if I go bankrupt. I do have the lease of my shop under my name currently so am kinda worried of whether they could get their hands on it since I paid a premium for it?
I have opened a business and because of various problems (long story) I don't think I can keep it running as am struggling to keep up with all expenses. I have accumulated my debt due to this and am trying to get out of this mess by probably selling the shop, getting some premium back and then start sorting out my debt though I been wondering if it would be more beneficial to me to go the bankruptcy route.
Would appreciate some advice
Cheers!
Here's my predicament:
I owe about 63k to various creditors. To lloyds 43k (2 personal loans)
and the rest is on various credit cards.
I have gotten in touch with the charity StepChange and they have advised me on how to handle my debt problems. They have suggested that I send a list of creditors and monthly income to all my creditors along with a letters that says that I can only give £1 to them monthly.
In your experience what is the probability of them accepting this offer?
When I talk to my creditors I tell them that I invested everything in a business hence my financial problems. Is it wise to tell them this?
Basically I think in a way that I have the upper hand since all my debt is unsecured so its not in their interest if I go bankrupt. I do have the lease of my shop under my name currently so am kinda worried of whether they could get their hands on it since I paid a premium for it?
I have opened a business and because of various problems (long story) I don't think I can keep it running as am struggling to keep up with all expenses. I have accumulated my debt due to this and am trying to get out of this mess by probably selling the shop, getting some premium back and then start sorting out my debt though I been wondering if it would be more beneficial to me to go the bankruptcy route.
Would appreciate some advice
Cheers!
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Difficult to advise without the whole picture, particularly where there is a business involved.
Have you run this past Business Debtline?
http://www.bdl.org.uk/content.asp?sid=350
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