ESCAPING BANKRUPTCY THROUGH THE SERVICES OF INDEPENDENT VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT (IVA)
Apart from other bankruptcy alternatives, a person choked in debt can use the services of IVAs (independent voluntary agreements) to restructure his or her debt. This can be done through the service of IPs (insolvency practitioners), make sure the IP you intend to contract is a registered IP.
Anyone with an unsecured debt that is over £ 15,000 can apply for independent voluntary agreements. What the IP does is to act as a middleman between the debtors and creditors. The IP will negotiate on your behalf by either; reducing the debt or reduce the interest rate. The IP serves as the mouth piece of the debtor, when all hope seems to be lost. Choosing to take advantage of independent voluntary agreements is a wise choice to make as it will make you as a debtor look real in the eyes of your creditors. The reason for this is that insolvency practitioners have a registered association.
Insolvency practitioners will usually you to pay them up front. A lot of people have come to me in the past asking if it will be wise for them to pay an additional fee to some professionals when they are already in serious debt. Well, all I tell them is to consider the negative effects of bankruptcy and decide for themselves. You stand to loose more (both directly and indirectly) if you allow yourself or anyone for that matter to file for bankruptcy when there is still a single alternative to bankruptcy.
Don’t be afraid to accept offers from your bank or Credit Card Company if they should by chance approach to help you with independent voluntary agreements. It is legal as it is still within the financial services sub-sector. It is even better to work with an in house insolvency practitioners department of your financial institution.
My dear friend, my standard advices for all that are indebted to another person is: it is not a crime to be indebt, but it becomes a crime to remain still hoping to fall into the wicked arms of bankruptcy. Escape bankruptcy through the service of independent voluntary agreement.