When is An Installment Loan the Right Choice?

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Article Title: When is An Installment Loan the Right Choice?
Author: Court Tuttle
Category: Loans, Personal Finance, Financial Planning
Word Count: 516
Keywords: student loan debt, credit application, online credit cards
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The majority of people today have used credit in one form or another. Many of those credit users have taken out loans to help them pay for various expensive items, like cars, homes, and luxurious yachts. Whatever the item may be, the fact is that so many of the world today have been loaned money to buy things that they normally could not have had the credit industry not come about.

So what are some of the types of loans that you can get? Are there some that are better than others, and how do you know which one is appropriate for the item that you are buying on credit? Does it really matter what type of loan I use?

There are several types of loans, and yes, some are better than others, depending on what you buy and the circumstances in which you buy it. One type of loan is called an installment loan, which is the most commonly used form of loan among society today. Though it is a well known type of loan and is being used by so many people at this very moment, to some it is unclear just how this installment loan works.

What do you buy with an installment loan, anyway? There are several things that people finance that are most compatible with an installment loan, like a car, furniture, a home, or a college education. Installment loans are basically what is used to make one big purchase.

When you buy something using an installment loan, you are allowed to make only one fixed payment every month, rather than having it change continually. An installment loan is a good idea when you are making a big purchase because when you make the monthly payments on it, you do not have to worry about the amount you will be paying from month to month, and whether or not you can afford it. This decreases your risk of going in the hole and not having enough money to pay your bills.

Almost all installment loans do not ask you to provide collateral, mostly because what you bought with that loan can usually act as collateral itself. Still, you do not have to put any of your other assets that you have already paid for and now own up for collateral to ensure that you pay for that specific item. It is important to realize though, that if you fail to make your payments altogether, you may get the item that you bought taken away to make up for the lost amount of money owed to the lenders.

The difference between an installment loan and other types of loans is simply that the amount of payment does not change from month to month with an installment loan. It is beneficial because you know exactly what your monthly payment will be, and you can use that to budget your income. With things like credit cards, however, your monthly payments depend upon the changing interest rate AND the amount of money you charged using the card.

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