Credit Card Debt Consolidation
By Rudy Hadisentosa, Thu Dec 8th
By: CCN.com
Some people carry debt on their credit cards due to inability tomake payment owing to some emergency expenditure, others carrydebt due to excessive or irresponsible expenditure on theircredit cards (forgetting that they need to pay it back too).Today, a lot of people carry multiple credit cards and carrydebt on each of the cards. Whatever be the reason, everyonewants to get out of this debt. Debt is probablythe first and the best step in this direction.
Credit card debt is a pretty popular concept now.Put simply, debt is the process of transferringyour debt from multiple credit cards to one credit card. It isalso called transferring balance from multiple credit cardaccounts into a single account.
Why would one go for debt consolidation? Well, there can bemultiple reasons. You could decide to go for it just to preventconfusion in dealing with multiple credit card accounts.However, the primary reason is lower APR on the credit accountyou are shifting your debt to. The APRs on different creditcards can be different. A lot of companies even try to lure newcustomers by offering a lower APR than their current creditcompanies when they transfer balance from their current card tothe new card.
However, this is easier said than done. You need to read thefine print on such balance transfer offers, understand themcompletely and judge whether they would actually be beneficialto you. Among others, the following 2 set of questions are mostimportant and need to be examined carefully
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before zeroing-in ona balance transfer offer:
Is there a fee associated with the balance transfer? If yes,then does it offset the benefit obtained in terms of reducedAPR? Is the lower APR applicable only for a limited initialperiod? If yes, then how long is this period? What is the longterm APR and is it less than the current APR on your creditcard? Will you be able to pay all your debt during this reducedAPR period? Is the card going to be beneficial to you in thelong term? You might also want to explore other avenues of debtreduction before actually going for debt consolidation.Contacting a good debt assistance company might be easier andbetter for you since these companies generally have all theinformation about balance transfer offers and other debtreduction/elimination methods. However, do not use services ofsuch a company unless you are absolutely sure about the qualityof their services. Declaring bankruptcy or a monthly-installmentbased personal loan are other possible means of eliminatingdebt. If you are not entirely sure about the best method, do nothesitate to take professional advice even if costs to a smallfee. This fee might actually turn out less expensive in the longterm as compared to the wrong option chosen by you all byyourself.
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