Tampa Bankruptcy Law Blog

Occupy Wall Street is a protest group that has emerged amidst the economic recession. Whether our readers agree with the group or not, they have made themselves known. Now, offshoots of the group have sprouted that have done things that made headlines. One of these offshoots is a group that calls themselves “Strike Debt.” The […]

Interest rates are at the lowest that they have been in a long time. A lot of people who purchased a home before the housing crisis signed a fixed rate mortgage at rates as high as 8.0 to 9.0 percent in the 1990s. Now, a lot of those people who are able to are taking […]

The Federal Trade Commission has been on a mission to eliminate the robocall scams that are targeting consumers with debt. By bringing criminal charges against those who organize and operate the scams as well as finding technical solutions to the problem, the FTC hopes to help protect consumers. Most recently, complaints were filed by the […]

When individuals or families take on debt, many assume that there is no real difference from one debt to another. Others understand that some debt is considered “secured” with a tangible asset such as a car or a home and that some is unsecured such as credit card debt. Still there is debt that has […]