August 31st 2010
Top Credit Questions: Dealing With Difficult Debt
Top Credit Questions: Dealing With Difficult Debt
Facing debt is an issue most consumers can relate to, especially the financial and emotional toll it can take. For these tough issues, Credit Karma members reach out to each other to figure out how to deal with difficult debt through the Credit Advice Center:
Would like to know which one hurts your credit score worse: making house payments and letting the credit cards go late, or letting house payments go late and paying off credit card debt. We are at the point of letting our house go and trying to salvage credit, so we can purchase a house later. Asked by rnchopper2
This is truly a difficult situation, and I’m sorry you’re faced with such a hard decision. In