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Last time we talked about lending money to friends and what to do when weeks or months go by and they still haven’t paid you back. This week, let’s go over a few more tips for tactful ways of confronting the money issue with friends. Tip one: Talk about your own financial issues. You’ve probably…

You’ve been friends with James since high school–he’s stuck by you through some rough times and you’ve always trusted him. One day, he asks you for a small loan, a couple hundred bucks to see him through the month–he’s afraid his utilities are going to be turned off. You give him the money, knowing that…

Today we’re going to talk about how you can avoid using us as your debt collection agency. Surprised? Look, we’d love your business and if you’ve got clients who owe you money, we’re more than happy to work on that for you. But, we’d also like it if more people paid their debts in a timely manner…

At Cascade Collections we put the best tactics into play when we collect for you. Lesser agencies resort to unethical and even illegal practices, including abusive or threatening phone calls, or making false claims. At Cascade Collections we have always kept our processes legitimate and above board–which, by the way, isn’t always easy, because being…

With the Equifax data breach, and other hacking episodes of late, most people are becoming increasingly worried about protecting their personal information and their credit. Of course, you probably know that you can purchase this kind of protection through your insurance company and other entities, such as financial institutions. However, we’d like to discuss some…

Today we’re here to discuss some of the ways you can repair your credit score. At Cascade Collections we’ve seen all too often what happens when a person’s credit gets ruined. You want to buy a car or a home and you put in your application only to find out you’ve been rejected because of…

Cascade Collections is an entity formed to help you collect on money that is due to you. Whether you are a landlord, a doctor, a dentist, a vendor or just a private citizen, you may have entered into an agreement wherein you promised goods or services in return for payment. If you haven’t been paid,…

Money is an issue that for most of us, is fraught with worry, fear, and anxiety. We mostly feel like there is never enough and spend our lives scheming about how to get more, how to make our rent or car payments. The constant, nagging trouble with money is that we can’t really live without…

In our line of work, good communication is key. Debtors are in financial trouble, that’s almost always the case. It follows, then, that they are under a fair amount of stress and discussing money issues is not pleasant for them. As debt collectors, our greatest challenge is persuading debtors to make payments in a timely…

Ethical issues are a constant challenge when it comes to debt collection. At Cascade Collections we are dedicated to following all laws when engaging in attempts to collect on debts. In addition, we use our best judgment in our attempts to make every interaction with debtors both fair and ethical. There are agencies who follow…