crushqueen0204 asked:
Here is what’s going on with me. I have about 30,000 dollars worth of student loans, however I have them through more than one place…I have one through Astrive, a couple of Direct Loans, and one through Wachovia. I also have a car that my mom took out in her name and is going to want off of her credit that’s around 13,000. So, it comes to around 50,000 total of debt. I would like a debt consolidation loan, not only to get the car off of my mom’s credit, but to make things easier for me, because making the minimum payment to everything is going to cost me more per month than just paying one place. Plus, a loan will build my credit. The thing is, I have bad credit because I was swamped with medical bills a couple of years ago. Does anyone know of any companies that will give out either personal or consolidation loans of the amount that I need and will work with people of bad credit?
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Here is what’s going on with me. I have about 30,000 dollars worth of student loans, however I have them through more than one place…I have one through Astrive, a couple of Direct Loans, and one through Wachovia. I also have a car that my mom took out in her name and is going to want off of her credit that’s around 13,000. So, it comes to around 50,000 total of debt. I would like a debt consolidation loan, not only to get the car off of my mom’s credit, but to make things easier for me, because making the minimum payment to everything is going to cost me more per month than just paying one place. Plus, a loan will build my credit. The thing is, I have bad credit because I was swamped with medical bills a couple of years ago. Does anyone know of any companies that will give out either personal or consolidation loans of the amount that I need and will work with people of bad credit?
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December 20th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
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Student loans are eligible for consolidation, and usually have more favorable interest than you will get any place else. Why not try a car loan to just finance the car and consolidate the student loans – those will have longer payment terms, even 30 years, so the payment are the lowest you can get. Capital one is a good place for people with lower credit scores to get a car loan. Go to the capital one web site and check out what they offer for your car.
December 21st, 2009 at 5:25 am
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If you’re student loans have a pretty low interest rate then don’t worry too much about them. Just keep paying the minimums, if that’s all you can do. If you get a raise start paying more on the lowest loan amount until that’s paid off.
Tell your mom to sell the car (seriously) and buy a cheaper car. Buy a beater if you have to.
I had about 28,000 in loans coming out of school and I’ve been paying about $200/month for the past six years. It won’t kill you to pay off those loans slowly.