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Tip of the Month!

Don't combine loans and let the Financial Institution take security on only your motor vehicle.

Reason - when you go to trade your vehicle you won't get as much as your pay out figure - you will have what they call a minus equity.

This is then added to your next loan. Eventually you may end up with a loan twice the value of the security offered!

At some point you may decide to sell the vehicle which is now worth say $10,000. Your pay out figure to the financial institution could still be $15-20,000. Your financier may not extend additional credit to you without further security.

The end result could well be that after paying off a succession of loans for years, you are left with a signifigant debt rather then an asset you own.

Solution

Finance your Motor Vehicle as one loan, not a consolidation of other debts. A finance salesperson can make a consolidation sound very attractive, they are seldom there to help you pick up the pieces

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