Recovering from a Contractor Gone Wrong…Without Bankruptcy

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When Pamela L. set out to build an addition on her house, she had no idea she would end up with a shaky foundation, sub-standard plumbing and an unlivable home. Nor did she realize that in redoing all the work, she’d end up with no retirement savings, maxed-out credit cards and a mountain of debt.

She chose the Freedom Debt Relief program to help her pay what she could without resorting to bankruptcy. “I have worked as hard as I could to keep my Beacon [credit score] up, to keep my credit established…I knew if I went in bankruptcy, it would mess all that up,” Pamela said.

Bankruptcy, she added, “is so final. It seems like it lingers on your record forever.”

With the Freedom Debt Relief program, “I knew my Beacon [credit score] would go down…but it would eventually come back — and it wouldn’t be on my record that I actually went into bankruptcy.”

Plus, “it was my debt. Hands down, I feel like if I owe it, then I need to pay it,” Pamela said. So even though she was struggling, she wanted to pay what she could. The Freedom Debt Relief program was a way to get the help she needed.

Pamela noted that the Freedom Debt Relief representatives explained everything about the process up front and said she felt that the monthly payments she made were reasonable. She also appreciated the support she got from Freedom Debt Relief throughout her journey. “You have to stick with the program. I needed that structure. I needed that to help me to focus.”

“It was a long process, but it paid off in the end and saved me a lot of money,” Pamela said.

Today, Pamela says her credit score has recovered, she has completed the work on her home and refinanced her mortgage. “Thank goodness I found Freedom and went this route,” she concludes. “There were little bumps in the road along the way, but all-in-all, it was, for me, the best option. A win-win.”