Sunday, June 7, 2009

How To Get A Good Credit Line

All of us have been there one time or another and if not we will be there sooner or later. Life is moving on as planned and all of a sudden there is an emergency and your bank balance is nil if not on the red. You cannot think of what else you are going to do to get yourself out of the fix. Perhaps it is not an emergency but some improvement you want to consider. The only option that is available is for you to walking to some financial institution for some credit.
So what is a credit line?
A credit line can be defined as the amount of money that the lending party is going to feel comfortable advancing to you the borrower after checking on your circumstances. There will always be a contract or a promissory note that is signed between the two concerned parties, explaining the rights, obligations and responsibilities of both parties as far as the credit facility is involved. Usually both parties will have to agree on the credit amount and the interest that is due to the lender at the end of the contract period.
The credit line will usually be any amount that your lender will feel comfortable risking by advancing you, and as it were, it will be quite telling regarding what the lender thinks about your person. Whether you are dealing with one hundred dollars or a million dollars, it is the sole discretion of the lender, notwithstanding what exactly your needs were and if what they will loan you is sufficient. The lender usually has the last word. It is the lender who has the money and you must simply sing to the tunes that he will play.
So how do you get a good line of credit?
Getting a good line of credit can be a real catch 22 situation for most people. Just like the challenge the job seeker will go when they go out searching, to get the job in the first place they will be required to have some experience. But to get that experience they need a job in the first place. That is the dilemma of the seeker of credit. So for you to qualify for a good line of credit you must prove to your lender that you have been faithful in the past with the lines of credit you had then. What if this is the first line of credit you are looking for? It becomes something of a challenge to many people.
One of the best ways to develop a trustworthy credit line is to have a credit card as soon as you are eligible. Even for students today there are many institutions that target them. You will require being very vigilant on your spending and settlements because sooner than later the records are going to catch up with you. Showing that you can pay small bills on time gives any lender a clear picture that they can risk trusting you with some bigger amounts of money.

The Golden Rule

Money. USD. CASH. It’s the one thing we all want and no one seems to have enough of. Even the billionaires of the world still get up and attempt to make more money. Not because they need it, just because it’s fun to take money from someone else and put it into your own pocket.
That is the very reason I decided to start this blog. Many Americans have realized that one of the best ways to accumulate money quickly is through an equity loan. And yes, they can be powerful ways to produce needed cash to do other things, but, they can also be harmful.
My intention of this blog is to teach my knowledge of Equity lines of credit and how to use them to your advantage instead of the other way around.
I have used equity lines of credit to start businesses and sometimes just to pay the bills. Through my experiences as well as my ongoing research, I will display any helpfully information I can find here for all to see and use to their advantage.
I hope you enjoy my blog and if you do, drop me a comment and let me know. I am happy to read and respond. Enjoy!