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A Note On Financial Consequences

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lead to serious financial consequences in the future. Make a plan detailing what are you going to use the credit for, how much money will be spent, what’s the interest rate, and how long do I have to pay it back. The sooner you make a payment on your credit bill, the least likely you’ll default on a payment. Defaulting on a credit payment not only hurts your credit score, it also incurs penalties that you have to pay for such as, late fees or your credit score dropping. Lenders are least likely to lend you if you have a turbulent credit history full of missed payments. There are two different types of credit: closed end and open end credit. Close end usually deals with one time payments like automobile loans, mortgage and installment loans. Open end credit is associated with credit cards and overdraft protection. Most of my credit stems from close-ended credit due to my student loans, recently I’ve been using more open-ended credit in order to satisfy my expenses. My debt payments to income ratio were higher than the 20% maximum. I would always be above the maximum suggested limit, since I hovered around the 50% mark, which showed I needed to reduce my spending. I was trying to build up my credit rating, but with the way I was going I wasn’t sure I could’ve maintained my credit rating. I wanted to have a credit rating where I wouldn’t be listed as a potential liability. Credit experience can affect many things in your life, such as an ability to get a loan or maybe even land

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