Its a question that has stumped wise men (with overdrawn credit limits) for generations. Do I file for bankruptcy, or do I get debt consolidation loan and spend ten years paying off my debt?
The simple answer is, if you can do the latter, do it.
Sure, bankruptcy means you dont owe anything to anyone (well, sometimes it means you need to sell your assets, but more often than not youre starting afresh), but it also means a big fat black mark on your record that will never go away (despite what some people say about seven years being a magic slate cleaner).
Bankruptcy marks you as a bad risk for every potential lender. Mortgage lenders, credit card companies, employers they all see that credit history and get the same furrowed brow.
And even worse, the Bush administration has chosen to pass laws that mean, now, if you go bankrupt owing money to a credit card company, they can take your family home.
Yes, thats right, the government has made it law that, unlike big businessmen who can go bankrupt every second year without penalty, normal people like you can have your family home taken off you just because you couldnt keep up with your MBNA...
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