Posts Tagged ‘collections’

Be Young & Dangerous If You Must, But Don’t Be Crazy

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

I know from talking with a number of young, exciting persons recently that there is a sort of grand recklessness that has come to be associated with this philosophy. Maybe you drive fast, lie to your family and go in to work hung over once in a while, but there are three extremely important categories where you really, really can’t be careless, and they are; selective service registration, filing tax returns, and answering the phone when collection agents call.
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Should I Ignore It, Let It Go To Collections or What?

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

If you move out, whether as an eviction or otherwise, you have to be diligent with your outstanding balance whatever it is. In short, if they say you owe money, you need to pay it. If they say you’re not getting your deposit back, you have to accept it. There are some best practices you can do, and I’ll try to put them in chronological order.
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