A Debt Management Plan - Do You Need It?
Before I start explaining debt management plans let me inform you what personal unsecured loans are.
An unsecured loan is one that isn't blocked by the collateral, which is the borrower's pledge over certain property.
With that said, let's take a brief look at such plans.
What usually happens in a debt management plan is that a third party comes in to look at the debts, i.
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assessing the budgetary plan of yours and re-negotiating with the lender.
The objective of this is to give the borrower a realistic monthly installment, especially if he's missed some installments and the debt is too high.
This also helps the lending party by enabling them to collect the payments efficiently.
However, you must note that not all types of debts are amenable to this type of plans.
Debtors are bound to consult a suitable third party before getting on with the debt management plan.
You must understand how the plan works before you consider following one.
What happens is that a debtor consults a third party which will negotiate with the lender and let the debtor have a more realistic scheme of payment.
They will also ensure that the borrower's priority payments are met first.
In such a case, you will be able to discuss all your budgetary requirements and draw up a plan that's most suitable for you.
A fee-charging debt management plan will have upfront fees.
Note that larger the payment the debtor is made to pay, the larger the sum the debt management planning company will receive.
However, this will ultimately only help the debtor and enable him to do something he couldn't have managed alone.
Theoretically, the more fees the debtor has to pay the more money the third party will receive.
Never the less, there are free or low-cost debt management plans too.
However, these will not offer as much support as free charging companies do.
Free or low cost services are usually government based charity organizations.
They offer almost the same help as any other plan would, but with a continuous levy payments that may add to the debtor's burden.
But one must note that once he or she gets into a debt management plan, they will lose credit scores because they will prove themselves unable to pay according to the initial agreement.
But if you are in a really difficult situation economically, it's best to rely on such plan.