Solve Your Money Troubles: Strategies to Get Out of Debt and Stay That Way

Struggling with debt? Find solutions here.

Conquering overwhelming debt starts with understanding your options. Solve Your Money Troubles gives you the tools you need to get your finances back on track. Learn how to:

•  stop debt collector harassment cold

•  negotiate down your debt with creditors

•  reduce your student loan payments, and

•  create a healthy financial plan that you can live with.

Solve Your Money Troubles helps you handle the big issues, too. Find out how to:

•  stop a wage garnishment from leaving you penniless

•  get your car back after a repossession

•  prevent a foreclosure by applying for a loss mitigation program

•  respond to an action if you get sued, and

•  decide if it’s time to wipe the slate clean by filing for bankruptcy.

In addition to up-to-date legal information, you’ll find practical tools, such as sample creditor letters and budgeting worksheets. 

Amy Loftsgordon has worked in the area of foreclosure and debt collection for over ten years. Her broad experience includes helping people fight collection actions and enforcing debtors' rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. As part of a national settlement involving the mortgage industry, she has also reviewed servicer records to uncover extensive credit reporting errors. Amy has authored numerous foreclosure, debt, and real estate articles on Nolo.com. She is the author of The Foreclosure Survival Guide and Credit Repair, and the coauthor of Solve Your Money Troubles.  Amy received a B.A. from the University of Southern California and a law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and is licensed to practice law in Colorado.

Cara O’Neill is a litigation and bankruptcy attorney in Northern California and a legal editor with Nolo. She has been practicing law in California for over 20 years. Prior to joining Nolo, she served as an administrative law judge, litigated both criminal and civil cases, and taught law courses as an adjunct professor. She earned her law degree in 1994 from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law where she served as a law review editor and graduated a member of the Order of the Barristers―an honor society recognizing excellence in courtroom advocacy. Cara has authored and co-authored a number of Nolo books, including How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, The New Bankruptcy, Money Troubles, and Credit Repair.