10 Tips to Help you Sell your Car Before you Buy it

Creative Commons License photo credit: themaxsons So, I ended up selling the Vibe yesterday after just five days on the market ... out of my control, but others resulting from choices that I made when I purchased the car (used) two ... some common buyer pitfalls. Before you Buy - 10 Things to Consider Selling your car for an amount [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 01:57:58

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Credit Crunch; How To Get A Car Loan?

National Credit Crunch upon us, can I get a Car Loan? This is the question among Car Dealers and customers across the country! Is this a real crisis? ... . 6. Remember there is an Auto Loan For Any Credit 7. If you are a New Car Buyer, now is the time to make ... and Mortgage crisis has gained media attention because of the election, but what about the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:40:50

Buying A New Auto During A Credit Crunch

With foreclosures on the rise, wages on the nose dive, and lenders tightening their practices, consumers are feeling the pinch ... , but only to those consumers with sparkling credit scores. Auto loan payments are seeing ... of the economy is feeling the negative impact of the current economic state; this includes the auto industry [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 07:54:26

What Happened to My Sister - Part 1

I'm glad so many of you enjoyed my love story last week. I enjoyed writing it and remembering everything and I liked writing it knowing that so many of you had voted to let me know that's what you wanted to hear. Second place was the terrible story of what happened to my sister last year when she got tangled up with a con man who took her for [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 00:47:07

Consider this Likely Future Tax Benefit of Early Mortgage Payoff

Ten Warning Signs of a Normal Financial Life was selected as an Editor’s Choice Article.  Thanks, Dan ... good debt.”   This “good debt”  argument is made to rationalize having a car loan, a HELOC or second mortgage balance, and even credit card debt.  The argument goes something like this:  “The money [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 13:14:01

Bill Heard’s $2.2 Billion Reputation Lesson

You know me; always on the lookout for examples of why it’s so vital to maintain a positive business reputation ... s 11th largest Chevrolet dealer group and in 2005 was named one of its “Dealers of the Year” by GM ... . Add rising gas prices, $280k in state fines, and having its credit line yanked, and you can see [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 14:00:37

The smartest young person you know probably can’t get a job this time

At the worst of that era, unemployment was near 25 percent — and there was usually only one breadwinner per family. The jobless rate is now 6.7 percent, still far below even the levels of the recession of the early 1980s. The airports are still mobbed, and the airplanes, though smaller and fewer in frequency, are almost full [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 05:46:23

Is Auto Leasing Right For You?

Here’s the truth about auto leasing, especially bad credit auto leasing is that leasing is a choice that’s filled with several booby traps for the ... leasing scam of all? This is! You ask your neighborhood bad credit car dealer how much will it cost ... to avoid them: 1. A very low rate of interest: A few bad credit lenders will offer a lower rate [more...]

Date: 2008-08-24 13:51:40

"What does all this Wall Street volatility mean to me? "

In a nutshell, this is what is happening: If you want a business loan, a car loan, a home loan, a student loan or virtually any other kind of loan, they're hesitant to lend, lest they wind up with more bad loans. With lending drying up, auto dealers are sitting with inventory they can't move and realtors are showing homes they can't sell [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 10:40:00

Guaranteed Credit Acceptance For New and Used Car Loans

Posted By: admin| 2009.09.16 www.MyCarNote.com works with new and used auto dealers proudly featuring the Guaranteed Credit Acceptance Program. This video provides in depth information about obtaining a car loan if you have a poor credit history or prior bankruptcy. The video also provides details about restoring your credit to save money on large purchases. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-16 02:07:40

Good news, bucking the trend and the 3 P’s

As usual in any new year there seems to be lots of customers out there buying lots of cars but hold on aren’t we supposed to be in a recession? ... or the word SALE is as powerful as ever and the bubble will burst shortly afterwards. Traditionally car sales are buoyant at this time of year with dealers looking to start the year positively but also [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:08:09

Is It A Bad Idea Stretching Your Car Loan To 7 Years ?

by katie George I recently read a newspaper article that car loans are stretching to 7 years and longer. Why is this? ... . When you walk onto the car dealers lot the salesperson after making small talk will ask, what type ... Because most car shoppers want to get into the car they want and have a monthly payment [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 08:58:15

Why You Should Never Live On Cash

From Now On, You’ll Learn To Live On Cash If you’ve ever watched the show, Till Debt Do Us Part, then you’ll know that the host, Gail Vaz-Oxlade, ... or parents will tell you the same thing - Credit Cards are bad, learn to live on cash. While this maybe ... Cost You Money Whenever possible, I will charge everything I buy on a Credit Card. The main [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 00:19:00

Little Impressive About Small Time Displays After Whelen Modified Tour Show At Stafford

Officials from NASCAR insist that they're doing all they can to help garner promotional attention for the Whelen Modified Tour. [ ... Whelen Modified Tour.jpg And yes, NASCAR's communications department deserves credit for seemingly ... at Stafford Friday following the running of the New England Dodge Dealers 150. Controversial finishes [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 16:14:58

Get an Auto Loan the Smart Way

Get an Auto Loan the Smart Way by: Joel Walsh Did you know that most people pay hundreds or thousands of dollars more on auto loans than they have to? ... is will help you figure out what interest rate you can realistically get. Have bad credit? Try going ... out established customers. If your bank still won’t help, online "bad credit auto loan" lenders [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 21:31:00

Explosive

Yeah, it’s really old.  But, so are half the people who come here — so they’ve probably forgotten this already. Important stuff… 200 Comments Comment by pajama momma on October 9, 2008 9:09 pm HAHAHHAHA! Don’t make me link Charlie the Unicorn Comment by MCPO Airdale on October 9, 2008 9:15 pm Is it a breath mint or a candy mint? [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 00:58:29

Avoid Dealer Gimmicks, And Get A Car Loan

by Donald B Car salesman laughing at you after viewing your credit report?, all the hype is frustrating you just want to get into a new car without all the hassle and hype, there is a way to cut through all the hype and confusion about how to go about getting a car loan, we will try to show you what to do to get a respectable deal online regardless of your bad credit. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-22 09:28:07

VIDEO: 18,000 rally for Obama in East Lansing

... . Already, you’re seeing car dealers that are having to shut down because nobody can get an auto loan ... as any we have faced since the Great Depression,” Obama said. “We have seen the credit crunch put new [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 01:22:10

Car Buying Tips: Test the Dealer Before You Visit

The customer experience is important to some dealerships. Some. Most consider it a positive if it happens, but not a necessity ... car dealers did not practice this philosophy. The ones that do can be easily found through ... . Good news for the consumers is that more dealers are becoming aware of the importance of good [more...]

Date: 2008-08-16 16:05:00

In the Eye of the Storm of the Credit Crisis Hurricane - GM, Ford, Chrysler on Sales Collapse Risk Bankruptcy - House prices suffer biggest fall since records began

As we enter the height of the hurricane season, it may be worthwhile to recall, when considering the economy at large, ... to a credit crunch, and eventually a major round of bank failures. We have argued that these developments ... market, a bank liquidity crisis, a credit crunch and a steep fall in consumer confidence [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 23:36:04

Dealer Gimmicks Wont Get You Approved.

Are you the laughing stock of every car dealer after they get a glimpse of your credit report?, all you want is to get into a car without all the hype and hassle,don’t allow dealer ads to fool you, getting a reasonable deal online despite your bad credit is a real possibility now, and we will try to show you what to do to accomplish just that. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-17 04:32:55

Christmas Potpourri and Holiday Shopping Update

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. Here are a few headline news reports of interest from the past couple days.U.S. Store Traffic Fell 24% on Pre-Christmas WeekendU.S. retail store traffic fell 24 percent last weekend from a year earlier as deepened discounts failed to entice consumers to spend during what may be the [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 03:52:00

Bad Credit Car Loans In-Spite Of Your Poor Credit Score

Amazon.de Widgets Thinking of getting a new or used car loan, but your credit score in poor? Trying to figure out what kind of car loan with your poor credit score return? Bad credit is always referred as poor credit rating that usually disqualifies a person to obtain a car loan. Fortunately, these bad credit people can still obtain car loans with bad credit. With this type of loan people can easily fulfill their desires of owning a car. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-15 18:42:24

Linkage

Time to Hit the Car Lots: We think it is an excellent time to hit the car lots. Sales are slow, inventories are high, raw materials ( ... due to the credit crunch. Dealers and manufacturers are hurting and are hungry for business. The following list is our list of favorites from the San Diego Car Show. This is our list of All Pros [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:09:22

10 Car Dealer Website Myths

10 Car Dealer Website Myths Car dealers realize that they need websites and just a handful really understand web marketing ... .  Just because you do not own the platform your website is on does not make it a bad investment of money ... is important for SEO - Having individual cars indexed in a dealers website may provide small amounts [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 04:19:01

DrumBeat: August 19, 2008

The Great Oil Bubble? The markets are rejoicing as the “great oil bubble” loses air and rapidly heads back to its proper double-digit price. The rejoicing may be a bit premature as the underlying supply and demand fundamentals do not appear to support “proper” prices for oil. Between 2004 and 2007, global oil consumption grew by 3 [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 13:30:11

Focus on Finances

Military families, just like families everywhere, have financial concerns and must budget accordingly. Many folks are struggling more within the current economy. Finances can be a major stressor within marriages and families - but they don't have to be. After the jump you will find more information on finances [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 12:20:53

Global Rate Cut, New SWF Target, Short Ban to Expire, and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Central banks announce historic intervention, fix easy money crisis with more easy money Markets react, except Japan… how a Nipponese economy might be the future for I.O.U.S.A. Short ban expires… are we better off, or worse? The latest U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 18:02:07

Repossessed Car Owners Shocked After Being Sued By Car Lenders

The latest in reality shows is Operation Repo, a team of “highly paid professionals” in the San Fernando Valley of California who repossess vehicles from dead beat car owners. Some of those who had their autos repossessed in Florida ... to the Tampa Tribune , those who had their vehicles repossesed believed their car woes were over until [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 15:51:27

Chrysler Financial turns the screws on dealers

Filed under: Car Buying, Chrysler, LLC., Dodge, Jeep It's not getting any easier to be a Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep dealer ... of credit, they came up about $6 billion short. To make matters worse, the investors forced ... -strapped dealers are obviously unhappy with the news. Many fear this may signal the start of a new [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 18:32:00

House OKs bailout; only 1 O.C. rep says yes

The House passed the $14 billion Big Three auto bailout bill by a vote of 237-170 with just a little help from Orange County’s congressional ... voted no. And Rep. John Campbell, a former car dealer, voted present. Campbell, R-Irvine, a former auto dealer who still owns land in Orange County that is leased to dealers, has not voted on any auto [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 01:59:50

Who Makes the Best Cars?

"I'm never going to buy another American car," said an American colleague yesterday. "The quality just isn't there..." On the other hand, we have a French friend who swears his Corvette is the most trouble-free car ... of the subcontractors, dealers, or service industries related to automobiles...or the hundreds [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 03:59:03

Multiple inquiries on credit reports hurting student loan applicants

In today's New York Times, Ron Lieber's story Danger Lurks When Shopping for Student Loans explains that when you shop for a student loan, the resulting inquiries, or hits, to your credit report may damage your credit score. Since ... who comparison shop within a relatively short period of time do not see their credit scores suffer [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 14:50:09

How to Get Car Loans for Bad Credit

Going to a car dealership and applying for a loan can be a daunting experience, especially when you know that your credit is less than perfect. No one wants to have the sales rep come back to let you know that you've been rejected for a car loan due to your credit. However, even if you do have credit that is subprime, there are car loans for bad credit that are available today. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 05:39:43

Year-end car-buying: Let's hear from you

Many readers wrote in about Sunday's story on getting the best prices on new cars at the end of the year ... about bad experiences with dealers, saying they were pressured to buy extras like extended warranties. No doubt about it, car dealers and automakers are in a tough spot these days with the economy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 22:17:11

How To Select The Best Easy Auto Credit

Purchasing a car may be the second biggest financial commitment after mortgage loan. Very few people have the necessary funds to buy a car on cash ... credit auto loan application will require personal and financial information ... . In this situation, poor credit auto loan are the best way to get your car financed. Online auto [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 00:46:13

Jello Biafra's Open Letter to the President-Elect

Since I'm several decades away from my youth I had to look up Jello Biafra. I never heard of him. For starters his real name is Eric Reed Boucher and by the time he was in high school I had left my Sixties stint and started a career that kept my nose to the grindstone until a few years ago [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 13:14:00

Debt Rattle, August 12 2008: A bursting leveraged speculating community bubble

National Photo Company Old Dutch Market 1920. The chain ("The Market of Cleanliness") ... have no more credit to lend out, not for individuals looking for a home mortgage, a student loan ... , whose main store was at 622-24 Pennsylvania Avenue, had about a dozen branches in the Washington [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 20:43:34

Judging a Car Dealer by their Automotive Website

You can tell a lot about how a car dealer treats people by what appears on their websites ... and Service: There are two types of franchise dealers - those who have a strong parts and service ... ) Credit Applications: In 2009, a possible reason that a dealership would not have a nice, secure [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 09:42:00

What’s Your Fico Score Today?

Your FICO score is a term used to measure your overall credit worthiness. It is based on the information provided in your credit report ... . Some employers will want to check your credit rating before hiring you. Certain car dealers ... the credit cards you own, the types of car and home loans you have, and any other outstanding or unpaid [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 15:25:58

Record rate of repos in 2008

Filed under: Etc. The mortgage meltdown and the financial crisis on Wall St ... that automakers were doling out bad loans just like the banks, but that's not entirely true. The high amount of luxury vehicles being repo'd have gone up as well, and many of those buyers have very good credit [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 13:41:02

Crunch time for borrowers

Crunch time for borrowers Banks are being more conservative, say observers, ... -based. Car dealers said a credit crunch is hitting vehicle buyers too, with rejection rates ... assessment process helps us evaluate the applicant’s ability to service a credit facility such as a car [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 22:26:51

Debt Rattle, September 16 2008: Feeding the Fear

W.L. Drummond Germany Surrenders 1918 Celebration on Wall Street upon the news of Germany's surrender in World War I. Update 8.30 PM EDT Ilargi: The situation gets truly serious now. Every main politician in Washington is involved, many of whom have no idea what they're talking about [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 18:27:34

Ensign's Senate Floor Speech: How to talk about automobile manufacturing without ever using the word "Worker"

“Senator John Ensign today called on the White House to take the option of using the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds for the auto industry off the table. Ensign led efforts in the Senate this week to stop the White House-Democrat auto bailout legislation because it took experts out of the process, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 06:36:00

How To Beat The Top 5 Car Dealer Scams

by Ada Denis When you’re going in for your next car purchase keep your eyes peeled for the following scams. 1 ... if you know that you have bad credit. You are better off going to a credit union and financing the car yourself ... and up your monthly payments by $50. This scam is generally pulled on people with bad credit because [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 08:16:40

Sacramento Home Buyers "Still Face An Elevated Risk of Being 'Upside Down'" in 2012

From Inman News:Purchase a home in 67 of the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas and you should be able to build positive equity by 2012, according to a new study comparing ownership and rental costs. The report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research concluded that prospects for building equity by 2012 have improved somewhat in 36 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 21:21:00

Automakers grab loans, look to Obama White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — The long-term fate of the auto industry rests with Barack Obama now that President George W. Bush has given car companies $17 ... , housing slump and financial credit crunch, Bush said in announcing the short-term loans and demanding ... .4 billion in emergency rescue loans. russia-sees-hope-with-obama Automakers grab loans, look [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 17:18:00

Get Your Fast Car Loans

by Lee A. Beattie Fast car loans are obtainable to people with a bad credit score or who have been denied elsewhere for a loan ... at once and in the future. Bad credit car dealers specialize in pre-approved bad credit car loans, instant ... if you have a bankruptcy can be a annoying task. Bad credit car loans are accessible in all fifty states [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 08:53:47

Bus it!

Yes my friends that what I have been forced to do my the incompetent, imbeciles that call themselves car dealers. Up till now I haven't received the keys to my car due to the total lack of professionalism, stupidity and deceptiveness of the auto dealer that I bought the car from. So finally they got [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 15:23:00

Tips On Dealing With Auto Fraud

Tips On Dealing With Auto Fraud Published by admin under Helpful tips Nowadays the auto industry and car dealers are common with scams and car ... of dealer fraud are people with bad credit. This happens because people with bad credit believe they cannot ... these scams work and most important how to avoid them. Of course, there are many reputable de [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 07:25:58

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