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Help w/ installment loan for debt consolidation.?

I'm not strapped for money but i do have quite a bit of credit card debt and would like to fix my credit score. My credit score is low 600 due to high balances on cards and a few past due statuses like 4 years ago. I have about 10k in credit card debt but spread out on 6 cards and are all at limit. I would like to consolidate my debt to one payment. I know if i consolidate all this to one it would help my utilization by putting it into a installment loan. Does anyone know of a company that would lend to some one like me? Or should i just start to pay off one card at a time. I have about 750 i can pay off each month on card (includes min pays) so about 500 would be going to principal.... My girlfriend is kinda in the same boat as well only 2 cards but 6k debt... I would like to consolidate all the debt for us and make one simple payment each month... Please Help...

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Consolidate Installment Loans

  • CatDad
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Real debt consolidation loans are only for people with a good credit rating and income.

    - There are non profit debt management plans through the National Foundation of Credit Counseling. http://www.nfcc.org/ - This is not a loan, it's a payment plan where you pay back your cards at a lower rate of interest and have just one monthly payment. This program involves closing all your credit cards. This program will not increase your credit score and may initially make it go lower.

    - No real way to increase your credit score as long as you are maxed out on several cards.

  • 8 years ago

    Not going to happen.

    Debt consolidation loans are just personal loans and personal loans require very high credit scores..

    SunTrust bank has a personal loan website but they require a minimum 780 score , I believe.

    There are no lenders that give personal loans to people with credit scores in the low 600s.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    consolidation loans are lies. what you find online will be scams online.

    you can only get this type of unsecured loan if you have excellent credit. and you don't

    google: choosing a non-profit credit counselor http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0153-choosing... nfcc.org will put you on a debt re-paying program.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    If you can pay 10% per month, in 12 months you should be debt free

    Source(s): Retired bill collector 35 years
  • tro
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    you probably need to concentrate on paying down each credit card as quickly as you can

    take the lowest balance card and make every effort to get it paid off and destroy it

    then on to the next one, and on down the line

    until you are down to one card and try to pay it off each month in the future

    this will be hard but getting a loan to pay all of them off is probably a faint glimmer of hope, albeit you would probably save tons of interest

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    if the balances are all about the same put extra on the one with highest interest, If you have various balances, pay off the smallest one first, then put that payment on the next smallest and pay it off, and keep repeating until paid off

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    it depends...

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