10/13/15 - Have you ever been stuck in the web of a debt collection?
Agents have a job to be done--but the experience can be harrowing. Once well into arrears, debt is purchased by a contractor—usually for pennies on the dollar—and diligently pursued. We’ll learn how it all works—including its sordid side—with Jake Halpern, author of BAD PAPER: Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld. That’s Tuesday at 1pm.