How to File for Bankruptcy and Keep Your Car If you’re contemplating bankruptcy and worried about keeping your car or truck, the solution isn’t straightforward, but there are strategies available to help you keep it. If you bought a brand-new or even a used vehicle over the last few years…
California Student Loan Debt Options For people in debt right now, things just got a lot worse. Notices have gone out to student debtors across the US that the moratorium has expired and can’t be extended thanks to the debt ceiling agreement. Payments have resumed since October 2023 and there…
If you are a resident of the state of California you can take advantage of the state’s generous exemption laws to protect your property and other assets but it is important to understand the limitations of these laws and how they apply to your specific situation. When filing a…
What happens if I default on my SBA loans? Covid-19 hit small businesses hard, leading the U.S. government to initiate several programs aimed at supporting struggling American businesses. As part of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Disaster Assistance program, these efforts included the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP),…
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to the United States, with small businesses being hit particularly hard. Recognizing the urgent need to provide relief to these struggling enterprises, Congress introduced a new bankruptcy option known as the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, commonly referred to as Subchapter 5.…
China’s Evergrande files for Chapter 15 Bankruptcy In breaking financial news, China’s troubled developer Evergrande has just filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in a New York Court yesterday. In this article we will explore both what a Chapter 15 bankruptcy is and how this bankruptcy is showing the cracks in…
You can put overpayments of EDD or Unemployment in to a chapter 7 bankruptcy and discharge the debt. EDD overpayments happen when people are collecting unemployment when possibly working or other issues that allow the EDD to come after you. They can garnish wages to recoup the overpayment. These overpayments…
I have been seeing more and more people with HOA issues. HOA’s can foreclose against a property. HOA attorney’s like Fiore Racobs and Power do exclusive HOA work and rack up very large attorney fees on behalf of HOA’s when people are in default. Filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy will wipe…
California has had some decent growth in property values lately with the lowering of interest rates, investors buying homes, and some people trying to get into a hot market before interest rates go up. This has been somewhat a good thing for housing prices. If you are considering filing bankruptcy…
If you are struggling with Debt and on the fence about filing bankruptcy and you own a home, now might be the time to really consider the window. In California an individual gets an exemption of 75k or 100k for a married couple. Once you get above that equity your…