Jacqueline Goodwin faced an uncertain future when her husband left her and their two babies at the age of 25. She can attest to how quickly life can change when facing grief and personal trauma but the financial strain as a single mom has left her equally devastated.
“When you come to this fork in the road where you have no money to eat, we need to get rid of the stigma that this can really happen to anybody," she recalled.
“By the time I had started to get on my emotional feet, my finances were completely caving in because I had borrowed money. My friends were providing me with food because I could not afford to pay for groceries and my mortgage.
"I had two credit cards and they had been birthed out of my challenging situation. I'm in absolute dire straits. The most important thing to me is to pay my mortgage and pay my health insurance."
She kept her bank aware of her financial situation and was given a two-month reprieve on her mortgage and referred to a debt consulting service, TurboDebt.
That’s when Ms. Goodwin sought the help of Jeffrey, TurboDebt’s financial advisor who helped her navigate through her debts and finances.
"It was extremely positive. Jeffrey and TurboDebt cleaned up so much mess and he was so kind to me, he fought for me. The expertise of a financial counselor like him helped me enormously when dealing with banks and credit providers”.
"I've seen him have a go at people who are lending money to people who have hardly any ability to even keep their dog fed, let alone keep petrol in a car," she said.
Financial advisor Jeffrey explains a lot of people are doing Google searches and so on, and unfortunately, the paid ads come up first, so people think they might be doing the right thing and they can be easily misled — that's very, very frustrating.
TurboDebt offers debt consulting services to help consumers take control of their finances. What financial counselors do is present all the pros and cons of each of those options so that the client can make an informed decision.
The financial service is always working in the best interests of its customers who have unique circumstances.
With TurboDebt’s relief programs, customers like Jacqueline are offered a workable and fair way to solve financial problems. TurboDebt helps arrange affordable payments that reduce and eventually eliminate debt.
TurboDebt 'Cleaned Up So Much Mess' in My Financial Journey
Jacqueline Goodwin
TurboDebt works alongside lenders to request lower interest rates, reduce monthly payments, dramatically reduce the deficit, or extend repayment terms for a year or two.
If a customer’s credit score is satisfactory, TurboDebt assists by lowering the interest rates and monthly payments by gathering and consolidating all unsecured debts into one monthly payment.
For Jacqueline Goodwin, her financial journey is now on a stronger path thanks to TurboDebt. “There needs to be more promotion about the availability of financial counseling as a free service so that single mothers like me or anyone in financial trouble can find their way out.”