I keep hearing reports that doing debt negotiation hurts your credit score. I would like to set the record straight. The truth is that debt negotiation does not hurt your credit score. Having too much debt and not paying your bills will hurt your credit score. If you are current on all your bills and stop paying them, your score will go down, no question about it. Debt negotiation is for people that are in serious financial hardship and possibly considering a Bankruptcy. Debt negotiation is not a way to get out of paying your bills. So if you think you are going to run out and charge up a bunch of debt and then let it go, you may have a problem. That could be considered a fraudulent act. Debt negotiation is for people that may have experience a medical emergency or even a job loss.
Bottom line, debt negotiation does not hurt your credit, having too much debt and not paying it is the culprit. Actually the more old debt that you pay off, the better it is for your credit score. So settling your debt actually helps your credit score not hurt it.
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