Understanding Loss Mitigation

Quick Answer: As a New Jersey resident, there are ways to save your home from foreclosure when you’re staring down a mountain of debt. To help save your house and your sanity, a loss mitigation program may be exactly what you need to keep your home while getting out of debt and turning your financial…

Tuition Bankruptcy Protection Proposed

Quick Answer: Tuition for colleges and universities has reached an all-time high, and parents and students have long been struggling to figure out the best way to afford their higher education goals while still remaining afloat in the day to day. Many are unsuccessful in this, and when parents file for bankruptcy after paying student…

Bankruptcy Credit Counseling

Quick Answer: You may think you have a good financial grasp on your money until you start having more expenses and less income. Having less money coming in but more coming out can take its toll on your finances, especially if you start using credit cards to cover the discrepancies. Credit cards have limits and…

3 Ways Marriage Equality Effects Debt Practices

Quick Answer: This summer’s Supreme Court ruling to legalize same-sex marriage was life-changing for many people, and the ripple effects of the decision have yet to be realized in their entirety. New changes to debt collection law have come into play almost immediately following the ruling, and in reference to the past provisions made by…

New Jersey Foreclosures Near Top in US

Quick Answer: Tough news again this month as it was revealed by housing market analysis group RealityTrac that New Jersey ranks just third in the county for rates of homes foreclosed upon. Following only Nevada and Maryland, a nearly 300% increase from this time last year.  Homeowners facing foreclosure, or at least worried about the…

Scholarship Opportunity

Quick Answer: St. Thomas More Award 2015-2016 – Sponsored by Mr. Michael Siddons, Esq. Involvement in the community is an important part of my practice, as such, I am sponsoring a scholarship award for the 2015-2016 school year. $500 tuition assistance scholarship awarded to a Christ the Teacher Student Year 1: Preference given to a…