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Selling Your Structured Settlement – What to Look For

You should give serious thought to whether selling your structured settlement is the best choice for you.  But if you’ve given it lots of consideration and decided that it’s your best option, here are some potential pitfalls to look for.

Don’t Be Sold on the First Bid.  You should use a site like www.quotemeaprice.com to get bids from competing structured settlement buyers.  Even if the first offer you get is attractive, always get comparative offers.  Don’t let the competing bidders know what the others have offered.  This will ensure that you get independent, objective bids.

Make Sure the Buyer is Reputable.  You’ll likely get bids from the big, well-known players in the structured settlement business, as well as some lesser known bidders.  You should check out all of the bidders that you’re considering using.  Check them out with the Better Business Bureau to see what kinds of complaints have been filed against these companies, and how or whether they’ve been resolved.  Typical complaints are that the structured settlement buyers changed their offer after the initial bid; took longer than promised to complete the sale; or tried to sneak in extra fees and charges.  If you see lots of the same complaints against a structured settlement buyer, you should consider it a red flag, and consider using a different buyer.

Read Everything.  Look over any documents you get thoroughly to ensure that the structured settlement buyer you have chosen is honoring his bid to you, and that he is not trying to add extra fees or charges to the purchase of your structured settlement.  The buyer’s discount rate – the rate by which the structured settlement buyer is reducing the face value of the payments you are selling to the lump sum he is willing to give you – should cover his costs, so if the buyer is trying to tack on processing or handling fees, back out of the deal.  Ask lots of questions and make sure you thoroughly understand what you’re agreeing to.  If the buyer becomes defensive, refuses to answer your question, or tries to convince you that you’re stupid for asking, back away from the deal.

Beware Suspicious Promises.  Most structured settlement purchases take at least 45-60 days to complete, so if a buyer says he’ll get it done sooner, he’s probably making a promise he can’t keep. 

Beware Excessive Pressure.  If anything about the deal doesn’t seem right, if the buyer seems to be changing terms on you or adding fees, you should not sign off on the deal.  The buyer may try to play upon your fears to get you to sign, or may use scare tactics.  Take a step back and don’t let yourself be unduly pressured.

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