by Chris Ebert | Oct 22, 2012 | General
We all read the newspapers, and we all know how much high-level professional athletes are paid. But underneath those oversized paychecks and oversized bodies, many of these men struggle with debt just like the rest of us. Sometimes the issue is a lack of...
by Chris Ebert | Oct 19, 2012 | General
Here’s an investment tip you can find exclusively at dallasbankruptcy.com: never invest in a fund named after a firearm. At first blush, Darlene Bishop’s Leveraged Financing seemed very attractive. It promised to quadruple a $44,000 investment in less than two...
by Chris Ebert | Oct 11, 2012 | General
A note to the loyal readers of this blog (all three of you): the following post is rated PG-13. We all have not-so-fond memories of the mortgage crisis. Home values collapsed, the investors who bought these mortgage-backed securities blamed one another, and Uncle Sam...
by Chris Ebert | Oct 6, 2012 | General
For those of us who may have been living in a cave, here is the latest financial news: the United States government has a debt problem. In fact, one prominent bond manager says that the United States is addicted to debt. “The U.S., in fact, is a serial offender, an...
by Chris Ebert | Oct 2, 2012 | General
Bank of America recently announced that it would be forgiving the second mortgages of some 150,000 “pre-qualified” homeowners. Of course, this is fantastic news if you are one of the bank’s hand-picked distressed borrowers. But what if you were not lucky enough to...
