At first glance, a debt reduction service may sound like a
heaven-sent business if you have incurred an unmanageable chunk of debt. The name says it all, as in “it’s a service
that reduces debt.” It almost sounds too
good to be true, but they truly do exist.
So how do they work, anyway?
That’s the conundrum.
It’s a question that has probably kept people from exploring the nuts
and bolts of the operation, quite possibly because it doesn’t sound real. Sometimes, people have answered this inquiry
themselves in a rather negative fashion.
Specifically, they have a pre-conceived notion of what a debt reduction
service is, and that it’s actually a racket specifically designed to confuse,
confound, or flat-out rip people off. As
such, they never bother to verify if their assumptions are, in fact, true.
In reality, they aren’t like that. At their core, debt reduction services are a
pretty straightforward entity that people can take use to get them out of
financial troubles. What a debt
reduction service does is pool your debts together and negotiates with
creditors to settle that debt. This
typically results in bringing your debt down by anywhere between 40 to 60
percent. Additionally, a debt reduction
service will take on the headaches that creditors may have inflicted on you in
the past, as they will deal exclusively with the creditors.
However, if you utilize a debt reduction service, be
prepared to potentially face a bit of credit difficulty. A debt reduction service could take up to
four years settling your debt, which will show up on record in the event that
you apply for a line of credit.
That’s really all there is to the debt reduction service
process. And that is most assuredly not
too good to be true.
