Archive for the ‘Renting & Real Estate’ Category

Renting an apartment on my own and living on my own. Credit application?

thelastpolymath asked: I am now in a very bad stage of my life. Any help will be most appreciated. I am 20-years-old. My family and I are (legal) immigrants. I am about to start work within the next two weeks. I want to move out and work, live and pay for my college, on my [...]

Will a credit card application today affect closing on a home tomorrow?

toni asked: I’m closing on a house tomorrow. Will my credit card application that went through today (rejected, btw) affect anything tomorrow? Or is it safe to assume all of the loan stuff is pretty much done, we just have to sign the papers? I have no credit history. We’re signing the papers tonight, but [...]

B of A signed us up for a $7500 Visa card we did not ask for- will this hurt our upcoming mortage application?

Giant Wang asked: I went into the branch about a month ago and the teller said I had the old type of checking account and they have a newer version with no extra fees or anything and asked if I would like to convert it over. I said sure, as long as there are no [...]