What can you do when you can’t afford your car payments?
Many Americans have been experiencing hard times thanks to our economy. Sometimes, things we once took for granted such as having a new car or a nice home, are considered luxuries that are out of reach. So what can you do if you can’t afford your car payments?
Refinance – Sometimes refinancing your car loan may lower you payments to where they’re affordable. Sometimes even with refinancing the payments are still too high. It helps if you can put a little money down.
Sell it – Look at online pricing guides to determine your cars value if you were to sell it privately. Make sure you clean it and wax it to maximize its worth.
Lease transfer – If your car is leased it will be expensive as well as difficult to get out of the contract. However there is one way that won’t affect your credit score and is significantly cheaper than early termination. You can transfer the lease to another person through the use of a third party agency.
Sell used items – Many times there are items in your home that you’re not using that you can sell on websites like eBay, Craigslist or Amazon for cash you can use to make your payments or pay down your loan.
Sell illiquid assets – If you have a single premium annuity, structured settlement annuity or other periodic payments you can sell some of your future payments for a cash lump sum. Use the money to pay off your car as well as other high interest debt. There are no credit checks and since it isn’t a loan you won’t have to pay the money back.
Paying off your car loan not only helps you with your creditors, it saves you money. For example, if you financed $18,000 for 60 months at 9.5% interest your payments are $378/month. At the end of the loan you would have paid $4,682 in interest so your $18,000 car actually costs $22,682. If you decided after a year to pay off your balance in full ($15, 047) you will save yourself $2,979 in interest.
If you're having trouble paying for your car and you also have credit card debt, it makes sense to pay that debt off immediately. For example, if you had $18,000 in credit card debt and the annual percentage rate was 19.8% interest; your minimum payment is $360. If you only paid the minimum, it would take you 8 years and 9 months to pay it off and you paid $20,342.04 in interest. By paying $1,800 a month you will have your balance paid off in 1 year and you will only pay $1,833.78 in interest thereby saving you $18,508.26 in interest. Obviously if you paid off your debt completely, you would save thousands in interest.
If you’re looking for a way to get rid of your debt, avoid repossession, avoid foreclosure or purchase a car without payments selling some of your future payments to Rescue Capital for a cash lump sum may be your best option. To learn more about our program and how we can help you, call 866.688.3532.
How to Pay for Your Divorce
I was reading a blog post this morning from a divorce lawyer about the different ways to pay for a divorce when you don't have the money. One way was to get your spouse to pay, which is quite difficult. Another way was to borrow from family and friends. The third way was a divorce funding service that allows you to borrow money for lawyer’s fees in exchange for a "reasonable" percentage of your divorce settlement. But what about the people who won't be receiving a hefty divorce settlement? What are their options?
If you have an illiquid asset such as an annuity, structured settlement, life insurance policy, royalties, inheritance, pensions, cell tower leases, mortgage notes, lottery payouts or other period payments; you have options. You can sell all or part of your future payments in exchange for a cash lump sum. You can use the money any way you want ??make car payments, pay medical bills, attorney's fees. It's your money, your way.
Depending upon your payment structure you can defer selling your payments for a few years. This allows you get your cash immediately but your periodic payments won't be reduced until later.
If you have any questions about selling your future payments for cash, call Rescue Capital for your free no-obligation quote at 866.688.3532.
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