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Debt Consolidation Ratings
Trying to develop debt consolidation ratings is a bit like taking a survey of people’s favorite colors. Yes, you’ll receive many answers, and all of them backed by solid reasons. Yet on some level, even the most comprehensive survey must admit that some people’s experience with something (in this case, their favorite color) has a lot to do with who they are as people, and a bit less to do with the virtue of a particular color.
Let’s apply this to the topic of debt consolidation ratings. In many ways, accurately producing debt consolidation ratings shares some of the color-survey related challenges. This is because the long-term impact of any debt consolidation strategy is going be measured, usually, by one single criterion: is the borrower out of debt?
With respect to debt consolidation ratings, sometimes, even the best companies offering the best solutions can’t “force” a borrower to exhibit prudent saving and spending habits. As such, a company might find that it ranks rather low on a debt consolidation ratings scale, although that company isn’t truly to fault for the low rating.
So does that mean that debt consolidation ratings are useless or impossible to compile? No, not at all! Rather, it means that it’s important to grade companies based on things that they can control: responsiveness, reliability, honesty, ethics, and providing client-focused care. These types of criteria provide the most useful debt consolidation ratings, because these are quite often the things that borrowers need from their debt management partners.
So when you consult with various companies, and develop your own debt consolidation ratings scale, make sure that you include some (or all, or more!) of the categories that have been listed above. These are the real, long-term components of a reliable debt consolidation ratings scale, and the ones that will have a profound impact on whether a borrower has a positive, or negative, partnership with a lending company.
