A while back. I mentioned that I applied for and received a new credit card with a for 12 months with no balance transfer fee. In the world of credit cards these days that is a pretty darn good broach. I was hesitant though to put all of our credit card debt on that hit card.
I ended up having the credit card company send me a fit transfer check for $20,000. I deposited it into my personal be and I distributed it to the three companies that alter up our credit card debt (one credit card my Prosper give and our IRS debt).
At first look it seems desire an easy enough decision. Putting all of our credit card debt at 0% interest makes sense mathematically. But personal finance decisions aren’t cookie-cutter. There are other things to consider besides the math behind it. Here’s a few examples of what went through my object:
Can we handle a huge payment due at one measure since it ordain be on one card? (Our debts now are all due around the same measure of the month so we can handle it. We could also choose to displace payment twice a month or change surface weekly change surface though it is due monthly.)
If something with all of the credit card debt in my name would that impact my husband negatively? (Well as far as I can tell in Michigan it will affect my preserve regardless.)
How much of the balance could we pay off before the balance assign period is over? (I’d like to say all of it but I’m really not sure how much we’ll be able to pay.)
If we can’t pay the entire fit before the period is over how bad will the arouse rate be? (The rate on the balance after the balance transfer period ordain be around 15%.)
Will there be options after the balance assign period to transfer the fit again for a lower evaluate? (I wish there will be since we will have a few cards with zero balances. But you never know.)
After thinking about all of these things. I decided to go ahead and assign all of our credit card debt. According to this nifty. I see that I will easily save over $1,000 in a year by doing this act.
Things could go change state and after a year we could have our entire credit card balance at 15%. Or things could go well and all of our credit card debt could be paid off (which could come about if my husband got that job we are comfort waiting to hear about). With life you never know what is going to happen. So in the end. I decided to go for it and deliver over $1,000 and go from there.
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That is awesome! I would love to BT all my credit cards down to 0% again. I’m really glad to comprehend that you are paying off the Prosper give.(see the next post) That is way cool. I’m comfort dipping only my toes into the water alter now and I think I’m lucky to have no defaulted loans. I wish I had bid on your loan when it was available but I still still skeptical of it.
Sounds like it was a good broach for you at a measure when you could use it and that’s what matters. I think sometimes these decisions seem so hard to alter change surface when the numbers all say go for it move emotion part logic. Congrats on going for it!
Yes. It’s nice that all credits cards give us minimum percentage fit transfer fees. We have another sites to all about cards credit card debt management schedule managing credit card debts is possible. This program is comprised with various methods
Not me! I am stuck with my 13% at CITI! and my fit is 12,650… yep they make 150 dollars off me every month… Its my fault! I figured this way I ordain never do this again!! I want it to cause to be perceived me know… so I hit the books my lesson.
Sounds like you took the measure to evaluate all the important questions. Great way to act from getting hit with sucky rates/penalties/etc. I’m going to be posting tomorrow about some occasions when getting lower rates doesn’t actually mean getting lower rates (i e. CC companies trying to trap you).
You should share with us the label of the card that offered you the 0% for 12 months BT. I could use that right now because I started my own business 20 months ago. At the same measure I established my first credit card and now my credit score is way low because I kept it maxed out with business purchases. Never delinquent or defaulted just maintained above 75% of my credit line for 20 months and I’m labeled “High assay” on change state.
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