Aside from ruining your credit rating for a few years, is there any real downside to declaring personal bankruptcy?
Say you bought way more house than you could afford and you pulled all the equity out. And then you maxed out all your credit and pissed it all away on booze and entertainment and other non-tangible goods. When people come to collect, can you just declare bankruptcy and be absolved of all debt? Is it that simple? Am I missing something?