So I've been living paycheck to paycheck for about 18 months now and the bottom fell out early last month. My car died and I ended up having to finance a new little car to commute (couldn't get financing for a used). Everything has just kind of spiraled out of control from there.
I've got around $23K in credit card debt that was last payed in October and a ton of student loans that have all been kept relatively current. I make well below the state median income so qualifying for Chapter 7 is a gimme. The only asset I have is the new car and that only has a $500 downpayment so far. I know the student loans would stick around but I was hoping to drop the cards and the newly financed car (I am looking to pick up some cheap little thing for the next few months afterwards). I guess my question focuses on how bad it will look to not reaffirm the new car and what kind of time frame I should look at for filing; I haven't used any of the cards for at least 6 months so they aren't really a problem.
Sorry if any of this is unclear, English is my second language. Any help and advice would be appreciated.
I've got around $23K in credit card debt that was last payed in October and a ton of student loans that have all been kept relatively current. I make well below the state median income so qualifying for Chapter 7 is a gimme. The only asset I have is the new car and that only has a $500 downpayment so far. I know the student loans would stick around but I was hoping to drop the cards and the newly financed car (I am looking to pick up some cheap little thing for the next few months afterwards). I guess my question focuses on how bad it will look to not reaffirm the new car and what kind of time frame I should look at for filing; I haven't used any of the cards for at least 6 months so they aren't really a problem.
Sorry if any of this is unclear, English is my second language. Any help and advice would be appreciated.
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