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Bankruptcy Career

Tips to Help You Build Your VBA Business or Law Firm

Tomorrow afternoon I am flying from Denver, Colorado to Burbank, CA to work with an attorney in starting his new bankruptcy law firm. During the time I am away, I thought I would leave you with...

Bankruptcy Q&A

Bankruptcy Petition Questions and Answers

The following questions and answers were submitted to 713 Training.com either at a teleconference or by email during this past week. The best of the best were chosen to be published below.

Chapter 13 Strategies

Motion to Avoid Secure Lien and Strip Second Mortgage

When I first learned of a Motion to Avoid Secure Lien and Strip Second Mortgage I was doing a petition review for an attorney. I was told that many courts are requiring that the attorney file a...

Bankruptcy Career

Client Intake Interview Tips for Bankruptcy Attorneys and VBAs

Since it has been 25 years or more since I input my first bankruptcy petition, I asked Clay Holland of My Bankruptcy Assistant to conduct an experiment. I gave him a petition to input and asked him...

Bankruptcy Career

Marketing Links for Attorneys and Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants

I recently discovered the links below to help both bankruptcy attorneys and virtual bankruptcy assistants. I am passing them on to you as soon as I could. I hope they help bring you business.

Bankruptcy Q&A

Questions and Answers from Bankruptcy Professionals

I have a debtor that owns a home based business. In addition to what her company grosses, she has paid herself a salary for the past 6 months from her business. On the Means Test, do I have to...

Bankruptcy Q&A

Bankruptcy Case Review

An attorney emailed me a Chapter 13 petition today for a bankruptcy petition review. He had balanced out Schedule I and J and had a remaining excess of $2,822.55. However, when the attorney...

Bankruptcy Q&A

Bankruptcy Petition Questions and Answers

The following questions are from attorneys and virtual bankruptcy assistants that we received this past week. The answers are provided info@713training.com

Bankruptcy Q&A

Bankruptcy Petition Review Report

I have had a wonderful week doing eight (8) bankruptcy petition reviews. One of the reviews I worked on involved a case that is a very typical in bankruptcy today and I thought I would share it with...

Bankruptcy Q&A

Questions and Answers from Bankruptcy Professionals

The questions below are emailed to us from bankruptcy attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants and virtual bankruptcy assistants working under the direction of attorneys. The answers are provided

Bankruptcy Fundamentals

New Bankruptcy Bill Just Released by Senate

Prior to recessing, Senator Whitehouse (Democrat-Rhode Island) introduced S. 1624, designed to amend Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to provide protection for medical debt homeowners; to restore...

Petition Drafting Tips

Bankruptcy Petition Tip for Means Test

This morning an attorney contacted me about a problem he was having with getting his Chapter 13 Plan to balance. I had him email me the petition so I could pull it into the software program and...