DuaneY asked:


I have a credit score of around 640. My brother in law is willing to cosign for me, and his credit score is 749. I need a personal loan, somewhere in the neighborhood of 25k, to pay off car, bills, etc. Where is the best place to try to get this loan?

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Mike D! asked:


I will probably need to replace my car soon, but I don’t know that I want a traditional car loan because it would require having more insurance, and thus be rather expensive for me. (It’d be about double for me, as I don’t have a spotless driving record). I was wondering if instead I could get a personal loan from the bank, say in the neighborhood of $3-5K and use that for a car thus saving me a bunch of money by not needing collision coverage if I could pay for the car in cash.

Now the questions … is this possible, or is there usually some stipulation that you can’t use a personal loan for a car? What sort of collateral do you usually need for a personal loan? If you have good credit, can you get one w/out collateral? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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