- Find out if you are eligible for unemployment and begin the process as soon as possible.
- Contact your creditors as soon as you know that you’ll have a problem paying bills. Take the offensive. Call your lenders before they call you.
- When you call a creditor, have the following information ready: account number, reasons why you would like to renegotiate your payment, and how much you propose to pay until you get back on your feet.
- Keep the lines of communication with your creditors open. A creditor may not believe you need to renegotiate your payments until you are forced to make a reduced or late payment.
- Keep a record of all of your calls and correspondence with your creditors so that you can keep track of what you and your creditors have agreed to.
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