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Summary: Companies that work in debt consolidation are usually non-profit organizations, and they work in several ways, including making contact with creditors to try and get a person's interest rates reduced. Find out how debt consolidation companies place all bills together with help from an experienced businessman in this free video on debt consolidation.
John Niemira is a professor of business at Stevens-Henager College in Salt Lake City, Utah.read more
"Hi my name is John Niemira and I wanted to talk to you about how debt consolidation companies work. Debt consolidation companies are there and are usually nonprofit organizations that want to help you relieve you of the stress of the debts that you are in. Help you to get those debts paid off in a timely fashion and help in some sense from ruining your credit. They work in several different ways. There's an initial meeting where they talk about all your bills, get all the debts that you have together, unsecured debts together listed. They will contact your creditors for you. They will tell the creditors about your situation. First of all try to get your rates, your interest rates reduced for you. So high seventeen, eighteen, nineteen percent interest rates reduced down to a lower rate or eliminate it in some cases. They put all the debts together. You make one simple payment monthly to them. They spread out those funds and pay off your debtors one by one. So they are making the payments for you, you make one payment to them. You have a negotiated deal with your creditors. They know whats happening and it's one option for you to go. If you need any more information on this subject or any other subject in the business field, my email address is jniemira @gmail dot com."
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