Archive for the ‘ Your credit and credit score ’ Category

An ounce of fraud prevention…..

Gary Nitzkin November 29th, 2009 Comments Off on An ounce of fraud prevention…..

My cousin, Aubrey Tobin, is a lawyer. He recently sent me the following email regarding tips as to how to avoid being a victim of identity theft. I thought it was worth passing on to you. He said: Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it […]

Pay Day Loan companies chummy up with Indians..is it wise?

Gary Nitzkin April 19th, 2009 Comments Off on Pay Day Loan companies chummy up with Indians..is it wise?

I just read an interesting article in the National Law Journal of April 6, 2009 about Payday loan companies that are affiliating with Tribal American nations in order to avoid regulation by the United States. Is this legal one may ask? For the past few years, many states have begun to regulate these payday loan […]

Live from New York…it Gary

Gary Nitzkin June 28th, 2008 Comments Off on Live from New York…it Gary

My wife and I are on vacation in New York. She would kill me if she knew that I was doing any sort of work including posting anything to my blog. She is still sleeping, so now I can send this note to you. Today, there is a very interesting article in the USA Today. […]

Payday loans….the bad guys’ side of the story

Gary Nitzkin June 11th, 2007 Comments Off on Payday loans….the bad guys’ side of the story

My colleagues at Credit Slips write a blog that generally bashes credit grantors and bleeds left wing sympathy for the poor. OK. I am closer to being a rich guy that a poor one, but so what? I ain’t apologizing. I grew up in a nice home, had my parents to pay for my undergraduate […]

I can’t stand it anymore…I gotta say something

Gary Nitzkin April 20th, 2007 Comments Off on I can’t stand it anymore…I gotta say something

A friend of mine got into deep trouble with his credit cards last year…$100,000 worth of trouble on 2 credit cards (my friends, this is not at typo). He was pursued by American Express for $50,000 and another company. I settled these cases for about $5,000 each (again…this is not a typo). Here is the […]

Maxed Out…the Movie…most disturbing

Gary Nitzkin March 26th, 2007 Comments Off on Maxed Out…the Movie…most disturbing

This last weekend, I was in Chicago attending the American Bar Association conference on Technology. While in Chicago, I saw the movie, Maxed Out. It is the only feature movie that I am aware of that deals with consumer credit. The movie was a documentary about consumers that got into trouble with their loans and […]