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06/05/2026

With federal enforcement of debt collection laws largely halted, some collectors are getting more aggressive in 2026.

Here are three violations happening more frequently right now and what each one is worth.

Number one. Calling before 8am or after 9pm your local time. The FDCPA prohibits contact outside those hours under 15 U.S.C. §1692c. Every call outside those hours is a separate violation worth up to $1,000. Screenshot your call log with the timestamp the moment it happens.

Number two. Contacting you after a written cease communication notice. Under 15 U.S.C. §1692c(c), once a collector receives your written notice by certified mail telling them to stop, any further contact is a violation. Each contact after receipt is a separate incident worth up to $1,000. This is why certified mail with return receipt matters. You need proof of exactly when they received the letter.

Number three. Threatening to sue when they have no intention of filing or the debt is past your state's statute of limitations. Under 15 U.S.C. §1692e, that threat is a federal violation. Most people assume it is real. Most of the time it is a bluff, and a documented one is worth up to $1,000.

Document everything. Timestamps, voicemails, letters, dates. Each violation is a separate legal claim.

Comment CREDIT below if a debt collector has been doing any of these. My team will tell you exactly what your options are.

06/04/2026

If you received a student loan wage garnishment notice from the Department of Education, you have 30 days to respond before they start taking 15 percent of your paycheck. No court order required. No judgment needed. They can do this administratively.

Starting in January 2026, the Department of Education resumed wage garnishment for defaulted federal student loans. Approximately 5.3 million borrowers in default received notices. Most of them do not know they have three options to stop the garnishment before it starts.

Option one is loan rehabilitation. Nine payments in ten months based on your income. When you complete the nine payments, the default is removed from your credit report entirely. Not marked paid. Removed. This is the only option that clears the default from your credit history completely.

Option two is consolidation into a Direct Consolidation Loan under an income-driven repayment plan. Resolves the default but does not remove the default notation from your report.

Option three is enrolling in a qualifying repayment plan before the garnishment begins, including the new Repayment Assistance Plan under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed in July 2025.

The 30-day window from your notice date is the only leverage you have. Once it closes, garnishment begins automatically.

Comment CREDIT below and my team will walk you through which option makes the most sense for your situation.

06/02/2026

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been effectively shut down. Staff cut by up to 90 percent. Enforcement activities halted. The complaint portal that processed over 9 million consumer complaints is closed.

Debt collectors know this. Some of them are already using it.

But here is what is not being talked about. Your rights did not go anywhere. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is still federal law. The Fair Credit Reporting Act is still federal law. Every protection you have had under either statute is still in effect in 2026.

What changed is who enforces them. Before, a collector who broke the law faced federal enforcement action, large fines, and forced operational changes. That deterrent is largely gone now. The primary enforcement mechanism today is a private lawsuit filed by the consumer whose rights were violated. The burden shifted from the federal government to you.

That means knowing the law yourself is no longer optional. It is the only protection you have.

Each FDCPA violation still carries up to $1,000 in statutory damages. The remedies are still there. You just have to know how to use them.

Comment CREDIT below and my team will help you figure out exactly where you stand.

06/01/2026

If you disputed something on your credit report and it came back verified, you did not lose. You just used the wrong method. Here is what actually works.

When you submit a dispute, the bureau does not investigate it themselves. They send an automated code to the data furnisher, the creditor or collector, who responds with a confirmation. The bureau accepts that response and marks the item verified. No documents reviewed. No independent examination. Just a code sent and a code received.

Under FCRA Section 611 you have the right to demand the method of verification in writing. That means asking the bureau specifically how they verified the disputed information, what procedure they followed, and what documentation supports that verification. The bureau is legally required to conduct a reasonable reinvestigation. If they cannot describe their method and cannot produce supporting documentation, the account must be deleted.

Most people submit one dispute, get back a verified response, and stop. The second letter is where accounts actually come off. Send a follow-up dispute citing FCRA Section 611 subsection a6 and demand a description of the procedure used to verify the accuracy.

Comment CREDIT below and my team will send you the exact letter to use for round two.

05/29/2026

When a debt collector calls you, the very first thing you say will either protect you or hurt you.

Most people confirm the debt, agree to a payment plan, or give their bank information on the first call without realizing what that costs them. A verbal confirmation on a recorded call carries legal weight. An agreement to pay before you have seen written validation of the debt puts you at a significant disadvantage.

Here is the only thing you need to say: please send all documentation to the address you have on file.

That sentence triggers FDCPA Section 809(b). The collector is legally required to send you written validation of the debt before they can continue collecting. That means the original account agreement, the balance history, and proof they have the legal right to collect from you. Most collectors will either send incomplete documentation or nothing at all. If they cannot validate the debt in full, they cannot legally collect it.

Most people never ask. That is the only reason it keeps working for them.

Comment CREDIT below if a debt collector has been calling you. My team will walk you through exactly what to do next.

05/28/2026

UPDATE 2026: The CFPB rule referenced in this video was struck down by a federal court in July 2025 and is no longer enforceable. The information below reflects what actually applies right now.

If you have a medical collection under $500 showing on your credit report, it should not be there. In 2023, all three major bureaus, Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian, voluntarily agreed to stop reporting medical collections under $500. They also agreed to remove paid medical collections regardless of the amount. That voluntary policy is still active in 2026 and it is not dependent on the CFPB rule that was vacated.

The bureaus are not doing this automatically. They are not going through reports and removing qualifying accounts on their own. You have to file a dispute and cite their own voluntary policy. When you do that correctly, the path to removal is straightforward because you are not arguing with them about the law. You are holding them to a standard they publicly committed to.

Pull your report at annualcreditreport.com. Look for any medical collections under $500 or any paid medical collections still showing. If you find one, comment CREDIT below and my team will walk you through exactly how to file the dispute.

05/27/2026

To my Canadian viewers, I owe you this one.

You have been showing up in the comments for months asking whether the content on this channel applies in Canada. The honest answer is that most of it does not, because Canadian credit reporting operates under a completely different legal framework, and I have not addressed that directly until now.

In Canada your credit rights fall under PIPEDA, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, at the federal level. Under PIPEDA you have the right to access the personal information credit bureaus hold about you and the right to challenge its accuracy. On top of that, each province has its own consumer protection legislation that governs how debt collectors can operate. Ontario has the Collection and Debt Settlement Services Act. British Columbia has the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act. Alberta has its own framework as well.

Equifax Canada and TransUnion Canada are separate legal entities from their US counterparts. Your Canadian credit file is governed by Canadian law. The dispute process, the timelines, and your rights as a consumer are all different from what applies in the United States.

If you are in Canada and you have collections, late payments, or errors on your report, comment CANADA below. I am going to start producing content specifically for Canadian viewers based on the questions coming in.

05/26/2026

If a debt collector is garnishing your wages, there is a federal law that sets the hard limit on what they can take. And a list of income they cannot touch at all.

Under Title III of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, 15 U.S. Code 1673, wage garnishment is capped at 25 percent of your disposable earnings per week. The alternative is the amount by which your weekly disposable earnings exceed 30 times the federal minimum wage, whichever is less. That is the ceiling. Taking more than that is a violation.

Beyond the cap, certain income is completely exempt from garnishment regardless of what a creditor claims or what a court order says. Social Security income cannot be garnished by a debt collector. SSI is exempt. Disability benefits are exempt. Veterans benefits are exempt. Federal student aid is exempt.

If anyone is currently taking money from your Social Security check or your disability payment, that is not legal debt collection. That is an illegal seizure, and it is actionable.

If you believe a collector is garnishing more than the law allows, or touching income that is legally protected, comment CREDIT below. My team will review your situation and tell you exactly what your options are.

05/23/2026

If LVNV Funding, Jefferson Capital, or Credence Capital is showing on your credit report, stop before you make any payment or return any call.

All three are debt buyers. Not original creditors. Not the company that issued your credit card or gave you a loan. They purchased your debt from whoever did, in bulk, for as little as one cent on every dollar owed. They are now pursuing the full balance.

Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act they are required to validate the debt when you ask in writing. That means the original account agreement between you and the creditor who actually issued the debt. The complete payment history from the beginning. The full chain of title showing every transfer of ownership documented from the original creditor all the way through to them.

Debt changes hands in massive portfolios and documentation regularly does not transfer completely. Most of these companies when formally asked cannot produce everything the law requires them to show you.

Send a written debt validation request via certified mail. They have 30 days to respond. If they cannot validate in full, they must stop all collection activity by law.
Comment CREDIT below and my team will send you the exact letter to use.

05/22/2026

Insider secret to delete inquiries from your credit report without mailing a dispute letter!

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