02/22/2021
Financial Planning in the Age of COVID is tricky at best. With all of the uncertainties of the next few months, you need a plan and a path to get out of debt. What can you do and not do.
1. Do not Pawn your car title. When you pawn your car title you are selling your car to the pawn shop, often with the right to repurchase the car by paying the loan back with Terran 120% to 360% interest. Exactly how do you expect to get your car back at these interest rates. You will never get your car title back.
2. Do not take out a payday loan. If you cannot pay your bills today, what makes you believe you can pay the bills two weeks from now, after your check is cashed at 360% interest. 15% interest per two weeks is 360% per annum.
3. Do not go to a secondary lender that is going to require you to pledge all of your household goods as security for a loan and still charge you 40% interest. If you think life is rough today, think what it will be like when you are sleeping on the floor without your TV and appliances.
4. Whateveyou do, do not go to the internet to look for a quick loan. You are often talking to someone off-shore and/or on an Indian reservation, that is not subject to our laws. This is a real trap.
If you feel you have to resort to one of the above four options, you are in a trap and if you sn**ch one of the four options, things will get worse.
What you can do is call the SHINBAUM Law Firm for a free in office consultation, with a professional that is going to care about you. Yes we are Bankruptcy Attorneys, but fully half of our consultations do not need to file Bankruptcy. We are a law firm that views you as a person, with rights. You will never be treated otherwise. We will tell you all your alternatives.
Please call us for a free consultation. In Montgomery call (334)269-4440 or in Selma at (334)872-4545.