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Aimee M asked:


I am 18, just getting prepared to go to college, and I have no credit whatsoever. I don’t need student loans because my dad pays for my school. However, my boyfriend and I live together and we just bought $1500 worth of furniture from his brother. Now, we were supposed to stick to a payment plan since we don’t have a huge income, but they want the money now. My boyfriend is just going through bankruptcy so he cannot get a loan of any sort. How can I go about getting a personal loan to pay them off? We are both employed so I am not worried about paying it off, I am clueless as to how to even get the loan if I can. Any and all help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Mike D! asked:


I will probably need to replace my car soon, but I don’t know that I want a traditional car loan because it would require having more insurance, and thus be rather expensive for me. (It’d be about double for me, as I don’t have a spotless driving record). I was wondering if instead I could get a personal loan from the bank, say in the neighborhood of $3-5K and use that for a car thus saving me a bunch of money by not needing collision coverage if I could pay for the car in cash.

Now the questions … is this possible, or is there usually some stipulation that you can’t use a personal loan for a car? What sort of collateral do you usually need for a personal loan? If you have good credit, can you get one w/out collateral? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Pehsha P asked:


I am looking for a personal loan, but my credit is not good. I don’t want a payday loan but that is all I find on the internet when I type in personal loans for people with bad credit. Do you know any lender who will give loans to people with bad credit? I don’t really care to much about the interest rate. I just would like the loan to pay off some stuff and get some new things I need around my house. But I don’t own a home, so I can get a home loan.