The Judgment Liens that Can Be “Avoided” from Your Home’s Title
Bankruptcy can't get rid of most creditor liens on what you own. But judgment liens on your home are an exception.
A Fresh Start by “Avoiding” a Judgment Lien on Your Home
Bankruptcy doesn't just give you a fresh start by writing off debts. It frees up your home by often getting rid of its judgment liens.
Chapter 7 and Chapter 13–Avoiding Judgment Liens on Your Home
An underappreciated benefit of filing bankruptcy is that you can usually remove judgment liens from your home's title.
Chapter 7 and Chapter 13–Surrendering Your Home
If you are leaving your mortgage(s) behind, what are the advantages and disadvantages of doing so within the two main bankruptcy options?
Mistakes to Avoid–Selling Your Home out of Desperation
If you're hurting financially and getting pressured to sell your home, first get bankruptcy advice to potentially save you lots of money.
Mistakes to Avoid–Prevent Judgment Liens against Your Home
Don't let a creditor get a judgment against you. File a bankruptcy case before that can happen.
Big Mistakes to Avoid When Considering Bankruptcy
Decisions that seem to make sense at the time can end up being against your best interest. Hereâs what to look out for.
Making Sense of Bankruptcy: Erasing a Judgment Lien from the Title to Your Home in a Chapter 7 “Straight Bankruptcy”
A judgment lien puts a cloud on the title to your home. Bankruptcy can often get rid of the underlying debt and the judgment lien as well.
New Year Resolution #6: Deal with the Creditor Lawsuits and Judgments Now Against You, and Prevent All Future Ones
You've been sued by one or more creditors. They have a judgment or are about to get one. You can stop them from garnishing your paycheck.
Thanksgiving Week: Giving Thanks for Special Home-Saving Tools-Part 2
Save your home by "avoiding" judgment liens and "stripping" your second (or third) mortgage off your title.
Crucial Question: When Should You Consider a Chapter 13 Case Even if Chapter 7 Would Enable You to Save Your Home?
Chapter 13 has so many benefits--some potentially worth lots of money to you--that it's worth finding out what it can do for you.
Crucial Question: How Quickly Will the Creditors Stop Calling, Suing, Garnishing?
Two steps: 1) Hiring an attorney stops collection calls and some other creditor actions. 2) Filing bankruptcy stops everything else.
20 Extraordinary Tools of Bankruptcy
In so many often surprising ways, bankruptcy can fix your earlier mistakes, undo harms caused by creditors, and clear a better path forward.
The Extraordinary Tools of Bankruptcy: Undoing Judgment Liens
Bankruptcy doesn't just write off debts. It can undo bad things that a creditor has done to you. Like a judgment lien on your home.
Even Simple Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Can Do Much More Than Just Wipe Out Your Debts–Such As?
Chapter 7 bankruptcy can often also wipe judgment liens off the title to your home.