Elmira Nancy
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I need to know all the details and if it is a good choice. I have payed off my vehicle and credit cards and have none, but I have alot of student loan debt. Our dilema are the student loans. And paying them. I have heard about home equity loans and heard about being tax deductible. How do they work? Do they look bad on your credit? How much can you borrow ? Does it add to the years to pay off your house? We only have eleven years left to pay as it is right now. Just wondering what is a good option. I even thought that after I graduate and am working that my pay checks can go all to my student loans. I am just looking for some good ideas without having to stress out about debt and bills and such. We are trying to pay our bills off and so far have done good. But those student loans are looming in the background.
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littleroc02us
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I'm not sure I understand, so you want to move the debt to something else (Home equity Loan) and call it a good financial decision. The tax write off isn't worth it, because imagine if you lost your job and you put a lean on your home. Not a good idea. You stated that you don't have CC and car debt. So work like heck to pay off the school loans. Get it done.
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oldguy
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I even thought that after I graduate and am working that my pay checks can go all to my student loans. I am just looking for some good ideas without having to stress out about debt and bills and such.
It depends on your interest rates. Typically SLs have very low interest rates and very long repayment terms, 20, 25, even 30 yrs. If that is what you have, that is probably the most inexpensive use of someone else's capital that you will have in your lifetime. So you should keep the SL for its entire term, don't prepay any of it. Instead, use your income stream for better things, build your famiy wealth - ie, your 401k's, your Roth IRA's, a taxable investment account, etc.
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Robertspeicher
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There will be times when you need extra funds to do home improvements, purchase a car, or go on a vacation. A homeowner who does not want to use his credit card or tap into his savings can use the equity of his home. With equity loans, you tap into the value of the home and place the home as collateral for the loan. Equity is the value that you have in your home computed by market value minus what you owe on the home.
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littleroc02us
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Originally posted by Robertspeicher
There will be times when you need extra funds to do home improvements, purchase a car, or go on a vacation. A homeowner who does not want to use his credit card or tap into his savings can use the equity of his home. With equity loans, you tap into the value of the home and place the home as collateral for the loan. Equity is the value that you have in your home computed by market value minus what you owe on the home.
In my opinion this is absolutely not a good idea. Never take out a home equity loan to purchase a car, take a vacation or do home improvements. Try saving the money and paying for it in cash. If you keep increasing your debt load you'll never be financially secure.
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