08GatorBait wrote:Anyone filed for it?
I have huge hospital bills I really don't want to pay and I don't plan on getting any loans or anything for a few years so seems a good time to do it to get rid of 30k I really don't want to spend. I also heard I can basically get a few credit cards and max those fuckers out right before it goes through and basically walk away with thousands of dollars in free shit. Anyone know if this works?
Don't file bankruptcy over 30K. Bankruptcy makes sense in some scenarios but not for 30K. You are young and educated. If you are like most educated working class people, your income will grow every year. You should seriously consider taking the big boy way out and not the lazy, welfare, Obama way out. You can do it but you have to be disciplined. I'd start by:
1) Getting the fuck off Tinder with the exception being the free booty calls.
2) Stop incurring debt. Stop using Credit Cards.
3) Put any retirement plans on hold. (all money goes to debt)
4) Negotiating your medical bills. (call them up and offer settlement. I've heard some will accept .5 cents on the dollar - but get it in writing)
5) Snowball your debt. (pay smallest balance first, then move on to next smallest and so on)
6) Get a part time job. (delivering pizza's for example)
7) Get some insurance so this doesn't happen again.
There is no reason you can't pay 30K off in 3 years or sooner especially if your income grows but you have to stop spending. You may not think it matters now, but B/K will follow you for a very long time and statistics show you will probably file B/K a second time in your life. I would also not suggest jacking up credit cards before filing. This is Fraud and is a Federal Crime.
To the poster above, there are actually 6 kinds of B/K but 7, 11 and 13 are the most common and 11 is corporate.
Just my 2 cents.