Card Consolidate Consolidation Credit Debt Debt Loan

I have a bunch of credit card debt and am looking to consolidate it. I don't use my credit cards anymore and i have a perfect payment history on all my accounts on my credit report. Never one late payment on anything. I am looking for some way to consolidate the credit cards to one loan with a reasonable interest rate since some of my cards are very high interest( over 21% for one of them). The problem is being in a lot of debt i dont get enough credit when i apply anywhere to transfer the balances. I have some equity in my home but not nearly enough to tap into it or i could risk being "upside down in it" Does anyone have any suggestions how someone with a perfect payment history but hight debt to available credit ratio can consolidate?
It is nice for people to try to help but i dont even know if the person who replied read what i said. I dont need my credit repaired i have a perfect credit history just lots of debt.

I'm in debt management and if you've never missed a payment then your best bet would be to call each credit card and ask to see if you could get onto an internal program. That will lower your interest and maybe even the payment. Keep sending the same amount don't send the lower payment obviously. But the internal programs are for a limited time only so ask how long it will last. Before you do that, you may want to check how much more you could pay a month. The other would be to consolidate with a debt management company but that would close all the accounts. I wouldn't recommend it unless you feel you can't afford the payments and expect to start struggling. We help with credit counseling if you would like.

2008-04-27 11:53:29 by crappa

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I am planning to consolidate about $4000 in credit card debt by personal loan. What are the best lenders to approach?

What keeps most people in debt is the fact that they keep spending more money than they make. They look at the "monthly payments" instead of the total debt loan that they are carrying. People need to stop spending now and concentrate on becoming debt free. Please do not consolidate or use a debt reduction company . It is not free, they will lower your payments by increasing the length of time until you are debt free, and you will take a hit on your credit score. Or they negotiate your debt down after telling you not to pay for awhile adding another hit to your credit score. Student loans are the only debt that can garnish your wages for non payment without taking you to court first. Just list them out on a piece of paper or a spreadsheet and follow the plan. If you work the plan, the plan will work for you.

A. Have a garage sale and sell anything that you no longer need or want.

B.Get a temporary part time job, if you have one, get another.


Here is a plan that can help you. If you work the plan, the plan will work for you:
1. Make a budget. Make the budget a week before you get paid. A budget is not a punishment! It is a tool which will free you from ever having to worry about money again. Put everything in your budget. Especially those annual, biannual, or quarterly bills like car registration, insurance, etc. Give every dollar you are going to bring home the name of where it is going. Add an "emergency fund" category to your budget for 25 dollars and save up until you have 1000-1250 dollars. Your emergency fund will help keep you from getting into new debt because of an emergency. If you can, set up a direct transfer to a savings account for your emergency fund. That way it moves automatically and you don't even have to worry about it. You must cut your spending and live on less than you make.

2.First get current on all of you debts and make no more late payments. Stop using your credit cards immediately. Do not take on any more debt. Credit cards are like quicksand only the death is much slower. Make a list of all of your debts in order of highest interest rate to lowest interest. Use cash only for your spending from now on.

3.Pay the minimum due on all of your debts and then put your extra money towards paying off the highest interest one first. After you get that one paid off, you put the money you were paying on debt #1 (the minimum payment and the extra payment) towards debt #2. That will pay debt #2 off faster. When that is paid off, you put all three payments towards card #3 and that one will be paid off pretty quickly. As an example:

To start :
Debt #1 (highest interest): minimum payment+ extra payment
Debt #2 (middle interest): minimum payment
Debt #3(lowest interest): minimum payment

Debt #1: paid off
Debt #2: minimum payment from Debt #1+ Minimum payment from Debt #2 +extra payment
Debt #3: minimum payment

Debt #1: paid off
Debt #2: paid off
Debt #3:Minimum payment from card #1+ minimum payment from Debt #2+ minimum payment from Debt #3+ extra payment.

That way, you will get them all paid off, on time, and pay the least interest. It will also help towards rebuilding your credit since you will no longer have any late payments. This works no matter how many different debts you may have.

4. After you get all of your debts paid off, add to your emergency fund until you have 6-12 months of income saved up. Put that emergency fund money into a liquid money market fund or into a Bank of America no-risk CD so that if you need the money you can take it out without penalty.

5a. When you have your emergency fund in place, add a category for "fun" to your budget. Save for a holiday, a vacation, a big screen, or dinners out, whatever goal you want. Remember to enjoy your life.

5b. When you have your emergency fund in place, start saving for your retirement. Join the 401(k) plan at work and contribute the maximum. Your employer probably matches at least part of your contribution so why give up free money? Open a Roth IRA and contribute the maximum on a monthly basis. If you start saving for your retirement now, you will probably retire a millionaire.

5c. When you have your emergency fund in place, start saving for your next car. Only buy cars, or other things that depreciate, with cash. Save up for a nicer car. That way you get the interest instead of paying the interest.

You can do it and it isn't as hard as you think. Just follow the plan

2010-02-25 22:50:05 by case2485

Price: $6.99

I will be graduating soon with about 20k in student loans. I also have about 10k in credit card debt. Is there any way to lump it all together?

You cannot merge credit card debt with the student loan consolidation they both are different entities. For more on student loan consolidation, log into: http://www.studentloaninfo.org/

2008-04-06 12:59:12 by capiror

Price: $29.95

I would like to get a debt consolidation loan for my outstanding debt from closed credit cards, old utility bills, etc

I have student loans, but I would like to consolidate them separatley and not through another loan.

Also, I have an auto loan, would the loan be able to cover that as well?

Please, real answers, and no opinions/judgements.

Thank You.

You probably could however the interest rate may be high. I would start with your own bank as they know you the best. I work as a customer service agent with GMAC where I deal with people asking about refinancing all the time and I refer them to their own bank or credit union. They might be able to work out a deal because you have a "professional/personal" relationship with them.

2007-08-04 13:33:04 by mrbearpro

I owe about 11,000. My FICO score is good and none of my bills are delinquent. I want to maintain my FICO score as best I can while consolidating my bills to reduce interest and pay down faster. I cannot qualify for a personal loan due to my credit to debt ratio, and not being a homeowner. Is consumer credit consolidation better than debt settlement ?
I always pay more than the minimum payment, sometimes twice the payment, however, 2 of my cards were taken over by another bank and they raised my interest to almost triple what it was when the debt was incurred. The payments I was making was reducing the debt quickly, but now with the new interest rate I had no control over, the whole payment seems to go to interest.

The damage done by time will stay there, unless you allow a professional to take over.
Some people think that they can wait for 6-7 years and the debts will wiped off.This is not always a good thing.
The industry will be regulated again for settlements, making it harder to dissolve.
A debt counselor can assess your income, and look at your budget to determine how much you can afford to put towards the debt, while they can handle the creditors for you.
Once the program is set up, just keep making those payments, and get an updated credit report to make sure that these debts are being noted as being resolved.
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2007-05-31 22:11:38 by tvm209