I am very nervous about what can happen to my home. I am waiting for a closing date as my parents gave me money to purchase a modest home. I am married and my husband and I need to file bankruptcy. We lost our home to forclosure a few years ago, lost our vehicles and had some credit cards. My parents want to see me enjoy part of my my inheritance now and I also have health issues that allow me to only work part time. I know I need to contact an attourney but I dont have the money for that yet. We are still renting but will be closing within the next 2 weeks. What should we do when we file? Again, the home will be only in my name which I am not sure if this will help or not. My husband has some personal credit issues and I as well. But, most of our issues are together. We believe we should file a chapter 13. He is a school teacher and I am a part time self employed music teacher. He also owes a lot of money on student loans from getting his Bachelors degree. I am 51 years old, am very grateful to my parents yet very nervous about losing my home. Thank you !
My parents do not want the home in their name as they do not want to pay Insurance and taxes among other reasons. I have heard of many people owning homes and filing chapter 13. If this is the answer do you think we need to do it soon so the courts do see that we are trying to resolve the issue after recieving this gift? They will also see that our hardship and loss was due to my husband being in the mortgage industry and my health issues.
Thank you for your answers. Here is my second question to my second answer.
We had put down a chunk of money for escrow. We were to close a few weeks ago until Fannie Mae said that they need go over the homes forclosure papers. Something was not done exact. I and Fannie Mae signed an extension. Can I back out of the deal and do the bankruptcy then look again for a home again? Or, will I lose the escrow money which my dad would kill me for that. That is my concern now?
Omg… yes they paid cash…. And, yes it is in my name only.

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I have a credit card that started charging me 30% interest two years ago. (I have good credit and was always on time). I pay them about 0/month for the past two years, haven’t used it, and they say I have 0 available. I have a chunk of $ to offer them to settle this and close out the account. I am not delinquent on the account, but there are a lot of months I am borrowing against my paycheck to pay it. If I couldn’t do that, i’d be delinquent. (Like everyone else, I’m just being squeezed to death by the economy and am feeling the strain).
I’d like to call and offer them 70% of the amount. I feel they’ve gotten the rest of their money and more in interest alone. Would it be possible for me to get anywhere with them at this point?
How do I go about doing it? (If you’re going to give me a lecture, please don’t bother, I’m just looking for some info.)
Thanks.

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I am no longer working and have closed my credit cards with high balances (the most is 00). I will be getting a chunk of money next month and would like to settle these debts on my own without having to use one of those debt management companies. What is a fair offer to make on a debt that size? How do I go about doing this, and what about my credit score? Please help.

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