How to Write a Business Plan for a Credit Repair Agency

Credit repair companies help consumers raise their credit scores so they can be more likely to get loans and insurance policies. Generally, credit repair companies charge a fee for their services, which typically include disputing errors on credit reports and negotiating with creditors to remove negative items from credit reports. A credit repair company may…

Consumer Protection and Defence Code

Consumer defense involves restraining companies from engaging in harmful behavior. It is a broad concept that can include everything from enforcing disclosures to restricting the price, terms and products that businesses offer. Consumer defense can be seen as one of three types of government intervention: market-reinforcing, command-and-control, and de-coupling. The latter involves removing the incentive…

What You Need to Know About Timeshare Cancellation

Timeshares are a popular way to enjoy vacation properties, but they can be a burden to own. These arrangements are typically long-term contracts that require an ongoing commitment to pay fees, maintain the property, and otherwise keep up with maintenance costs. When these expenses become unmanageable, many people choose to sell their timeshares. However, the…

Timeshare News

The soaring price of everything from airfares to hotels to gas has been the topic of many news stories recently. This increase in prices is impacting a number of people including timeshare owners. The cost of maintaining a timeshare is an ongoing financial responsibility that is often hard to keep up with when the price…

Deceptive Sales Practices in the Alarm Industry

LOS ANGELES–The security industry is one of the most-complained-about industries for deceptive sales practices. Skilled scam artists manipulate consumers into changing their alarm companies by falsely claiming their current security system is unsafe or that their existing monitoring company will soon go out of business, and then offering them a “free upgrade.” The FTC has…