Truths Exposed - Things You Need To Know About Card Debt Consolidation

A majority of us have yet to hear of as well as be aware of the concept and
practice of card debt consolidation. In fact I hadn't thought of it on my
own and wasn't aware of it until one of my friends and I were discussing
money and she expressed an interest in this action called credit card debt
consolidation.
After I showed surprise and intrigue, she explained that one merges all
balances on all credit cards into one credit card company or institution's
plan. This move means many things:

Firstly, card debt consolidation in short means one can let go of having to
"juggle" the bills, or of having to - as my mother would say - rob Peter to
pay Paul: instead of having, say, six credit card bills (with six different
interest rates, additional fees, etc.), you have just one (with one annual
fee, one interest rate, and one finance and processing charge).

Next, card debt consolidation also means saving time. As with the above
case, which more of us than not know all too well, the filing and figuring
time are reduced significantly. And if one pays online, that time it would
take to write checks, hit the mail box, etc. would shrink to a matter of
about two minutes.

Next, card debt consolidation usually means a major decrease of interest and
other rates generally. In fact I know this one person who has credit cards
with up to 29% interest charges on each card. Then another person who did
the wise card debt consolidation move and now has not only ONE single
interest rate to be concerned with but has that rate down to something like
1%!

And lastly, the card debt consolidation effort does not mean haggling and
hassling and humiliation. To a certain extent, depending on the government
and/or financial institution you choose to go with, the application process
takes approximately five minutes (or less, online, but one needs to be
careful to find a SECURED site and therefore to take a little time to find
out that the offer is legit in the first place).

So, in order to cut your payments down by 50 or 60 percent; cut your time to
almost nothing and shear years off your stress factor and therefore your
aging process.you come out happier, healthier (at least mentally), and
definitely better off financially. Now that I think on the offers for doing
card debt consolidation that I get in the mail, I understand, too, that one
could build up a better line of credit with one financial institution,
having all amounts owed on one card, and having, basically, a higher credit
limit overall.higher than one might have on each individual credit card. Of
course not that the purpose here is to amass more debt, mind you!

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