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What Does A Skiptracer Do?

Skiptracing, or skip tracing, is a term used by those in the debt collection industry to refer to the process of determining a debtors whereabouts so that they can be contacted in an attempt to collect. The person who does this task is referred to as the skiptracer, and this may be their main occupation. Originally, the phrase skip tracer breaks down to someone who “traces” the location of a “skip,” or the person being searched for. They are referred to as a skip as slang from the phrase to “skip town,” or depart while leaving little clues behind for someone to find them.

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Debt Collection Basics: Part Seven

In my first six articles on my seven article series on collecting debt, I defined a delinquent account and why it is profitable for a creditor to send a late account to collections. I wrote that many creditor will sell very old debt to third party collection agencies which become the new creditors and will begin to collect on the debt themselves.

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Collection Agency Basics Part Six: Advice For Debtors

In the first five articles on my seven article series on debt collection, I defined what a collection account was and why it benefited a creditor to send an account to collections. I described information agencies will collect and use and tactics, both illegal and legal that the collection agencies will use to collect debt. I mentioned that third party debt collection agencies are governed by federal and state law and overseen by the federal trade commission.

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What Is A Collections Account? Collection Agency Basics Part One

The definition of a collection account is an account with late payments that have been forwarded to a bill collection company, generally when the debt has fallen ninety to one hundred and twenty days late. Creditors will either attempt to collect their debts themselves, or more often send unpaid accounts to third party collection agencies to remove them from their accounts receivables. Then they will write off the debt in full that is owed as a loss.

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Debt Collector Basics Part Five: Getting Proof Of Payment And Avoiding Future Phone Calls

In the first four parts of this series I defined the term collections account, wrote about how sending delinquent accounts out to a collection company profits a creditor, and wrote about the practice of selling an old debt to a third party collection company.

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Collection Agency Basics Part Four: Tactics A Debt Collector Uses And What To Do After You Have Paid

In the first three articles in this series I defined the term collections account, wrote about how sending late accounts out to an agency profits the creditor, and wrote about the practice of selling an old debt to a third party collection company. I spoke about the type of information that a collection company will obtain to utilize in their efforts, and the type of laws that third party collection agencies must follow. I described illegal and legal tactics that debt collection agencies use to collect.

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Collection Agency Basics: Who They Have To Answer To Part Two

In the first article of this series I explained what a collections account was. It is a delinquent account that generally runs 90 to 120 days late. Collections accounts will either be collected by the original creditor itself, or sent out to collection agencies. Sending an account out to a collection agency benefits the creditor because they can both write the debt off on their taxes and collect profit on the money owed.

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The First Thing You Should Do If A Bill Collector Calls

When it comes to the subject of debt collecting, there are a lot of misconceptions and misinformation. Here are some tools of the trade that you can use if a debt collector ever calls you. When the collection agent calls, the first thing you want to do is determine if this is a third party collector or an in house collector. Third party collectors are hired by creditors on contingency, while in house collectors are the creditors.

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Legal And Illegal Tactics A Debt Collector Will Use: Debt Collection Basics Part Three

In the first two articles I wrote about what a collections account was, how sending delinquent accounts out to an agency profits a creditor, and the act of a third party collection agency buying old debt from a creditor.

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Tips On Recovering From Declaring Bankruptcy

As the recession gets worse, more and more Americans are falling into debt, and more of us are declaring bankruptcy every day. Bankruptcy can be seen as a fresh start, relieving you of much of your debt and payments, but it will also tear up your credit score, staying there for ten years, and decreasing it by several hundred points. In most cases, bankruptcy should be viewed as a last resort because of how important it is to maintain a healthy credit score. If you are forced to file for bankruptcy, there are certain measures you should take to ensure that you can get on the road to financial recovery as quickly as possible.

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