Government Debt Consolidation Loans – Update

ats5021 asked:


I recently graduated from college with $131,000 in student debt. I have obtained a full-time job but am only making about $2,000/month. As it stands right now my monthly payments will be greater than my income (excluding any type of rent or other living expenses). I desperately am in need of some sort of consolidation product that would lower my monthly payment at this time.

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lauren london asked:


I make about $55,000/year and I currently owe approx. $34,000 in credit debt alone. That’s not including my car and student loans plus I still have rent to pay etc. I do not want to file bankruptcy if I don’t have to. I also would like to stay away from consolidation. My credit is average considering I have a high debt to income ratio, but I pay my bills on time.
Today, I was told by a company that they have something called debt management. I’ve never heard of that, but they said unlike debt consolidation where they lower both your interest rate AND balance, all debt management does is get the creditor to lower the interest rate. I would pay a monthly payment to the company and a monthly fee and they would make my payment for me.
At this point, I can only make minimum payments and my balance is going nowhere…Should I give debt management a try?
What are your thoughts and please state why or why not. They said this will not negatively affect my credit score.

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