A Story About Signature Loans for People with Bad Credit
The day may come when you have use for a personal loan with a term shorter than a few months. For example, you might find yourself in early April faced with a big tax burden and no liquid funds on hand to pay the government. You had no your business's sales were going to be so stellar, and now you're up against the bitter sweet situation of earning a lot of money and consequently owing a lot of it to the government.
So you owe the government some money, and you have one big problem - you spent all your cash reserves (which were supposed to take the fear out of tax day) on a trip to everyone's favorite gambling town in Nevada. You're wishing the government were in favor of such trips, so they'd give you a break on your bill, but no such luck. Yeah, right - it's either pay the bill or pay the interest and penalties.
You have another obstacle between you and your on-time payment to the government - you have terrible credit. See, that all goes back to the time you bought a brand new Dodge truck because the dealer made you an offer you couldn't refuse, so you financed the whole thing in spite of the fact that there was no way your meager income would cover the payments. You were soon several months behind, and before you knew it the repo man was taking your shiny rig away to be sold at auction.
You have yourself in a serious quandary - how are you going to get the government's money to them when you have no cash and really bad credit? There is an answer, although it's not ideal. Certain types of lenders will give you a signature loan for people with really bad credit.
First you should understand what a signature loan is, although it's fairly self explanatory. You walk in, fill out a couple forms, sign your name (hence, signature loan) and walk out with the cash you need. It's that simple, but it may not be that easy unless you can fulfill a couple of the prerequisites.
How much money do you make? Any intelligent bank will want to know that your earnings are at least triple the amount of your loan amount. In the face of a sub-600 Fico score, big paychecks will soothe the worries of a skittish lender.
And what about collateral? Collateral is defined as some valuable article the lender could sell on the open market if the borrower decided not to fulfill the obligations of the loan. It's a classic risk-minimizing tool for banks who want to be able to recover all or part of their lost money when they loan to flaky people. Be careful - if you use something you actually care about for collateral, you run the serious risk of losing your valued item.
If you can convince the bank you're not a major loan risk, you'll end up getting the loan and surviving the day. Next time you should probably be more prudent about the use of your emergency cash reserves and your tax planning. Don't let your financial situation become a vicious cycle!
So you owe the government some money, and you have one big problem - you spent all your cash reserves (which were supposed to take the fear out of tax day) on a trip to everyone's favorite gambling town in Nevada. You're wishing the government were in favor of such trips, so they'd give you a break on your bill, but no such luck. Yeah, right - it's either pay the bill or pay the interest and penalties.
You have another obstacle between you and your on-time payment to the government - you have terrible credit. See, that all goes back to the time you bought a brand new Dodge truck because the dealer made you an offer you couldn't refuse, so you financed the whole thing in spite of the fact that there was no way your meager income would cover the payments. You were soon several months behind, and before you knew it the repo man was taking your shiny rig away to be sold at auction.
You have yourself in a serious quandary - how are you going to get the government's money to them when you have no cash and really bad credit? There is an answer, although it's not ideal. Certain types of lenders will give you a signature loan for people with really bad credit.
First you should understand what a signature loan is, although it's fairly self explanatory. You walk in, fill out a couple forms, sign your name (hence, signature loan) and walk out with the cash you need. It's that simple, but it may not be that easy unless you can fulfill a couple of the prerequisites.
How much money do you make? Any intelligent bank will want to know that your earnings are at least triple the amount of your loan amount. In the face of a sub-600 Fico score, big paychecks will soothe the worries of a skittish lender.
And what about collateral? Collateral is defined as some valuable article the lender could sell on the open market if the borrower decided not to fulfill the obligations of the loan. It's a classic risk-minimizing tool for banks who want to be able to recover all or part of their lost money when they loan to flaky people. Be careful - if you use something you actually care about for collateral, you run the serious risk of losing your valued item.
If you can convince the bank you're not a major loan risk, you'll end up getting the loan and surviving the day. Next time you should probably be more prudent about the use of your emergency cash reserves and your tax planning. Don't let your financial situation become a vicious cycle!
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Mark provides great information about signature loans online as well as reviewing some of the most prominent signature loan lenders.
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