Is there anything bad about putting all your debts in one basket also known as, consolidating debt? Yes there are lots of reasons and I am going to tell you about them, but first lets discuss why it is a good idea.
Most of us are under a mountain of debt, a pile so big it will take us 10-15 years to pay it off. Why the heck is that? Of course we keep adding to the pile, the secret to being rich, as I have said before, is spend less than you make. If you do not do that it is going to be much harder to retire rich. The remainder of the article will help for you.
Another reason the pile gets bigger and bigger is the interest we pay on the debt. When someone lends you money they are not doing it from the goodness of their heart. They want something extra back, normally more money, which is where the interest comes in. Some of the lenders out there are called loan sharks, what defines a loan shark? The amount of interest the government lets people charge, if you charge too much you are a loan shark. What is the limit, normally 29.2%? Wow, who would pay that? Well most of us who do not pay our credit cards off monthly, most credit card companies are 28%. Several advertise at 18%, what a deal. I had one department store I used to have a card with call me. They said I was a preferred customer and theyd like to increase the credit amount my old card allowed by a full ten thousand dollars. When I asked the rate they said it was only 28%. I told them as a preferred customer Id prefer they didnt do me anymore favors like that!
We want to get out of debt that is over 7%, at todays interest rates anything over that is way too much. Some of us with really bad credit history may be over that until their payment history is better. How do you get out of those debts, the words are debt consolidation loan. You go to a huge variety of lenders and add up all your debt and get a loan for the same amount and pay everyone off and then you only pay this one place, preferably with an interest rate about the same or even less than a home loan.
If you can do that, go for it. The key, secret, or technique to super fast track to wealth is take the extra money you are now saving and pay off this loan as fast as you can. If you take the savings and go spend it, your lifes story is likely to have an unhappy ending.
If you cannot get a consolidation loan like this one mentioned above then it is a con. The word con is short for confidence man and refers to a novel from the 1850s. Basically they convince you to give them whatever they want, things that are for their benefit, but you think it is helping you. Some not so nice financial people can make good money selling your debt to other lending institutions. Normally the early part of the contract you get good rates but later things start to change and not for the better. You go back to the con man and ask what the %$ is going on. Their reply, did you not read your contract. Well you did or did not, normally you would need a PhD to understand it. What happens? You end up looking for a way out of this contract, which likely will cost you a bunch of money. The unscrupulous lenders will find a way to take advantage of you at some point in the contract.
This is why you must take your time doing debt consolidation. The concept of taking a bunch of high interest debts and putting them all together into one payment with a much lower interest rate is always a good idea. The only real downside is you must do your research and know the fine print of the deal so you dont wake up with a worse situation in six months. Can a debt consolidation loan work in your favor? Yes, but you must do your homework too. Be smart, be wealthy.
Larry, Alan & Ward are the Three Amigos who developed simple strategies for debt management. Learn their strategies at http://www.winthedebtgame.com.
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