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Why can't you set a fixed payment now? You know how much your debt is and how much your monthly payments are, all you have to do is do an automatic transfer for the payment.
Sometimes a debt consol loan is not a good idea. You have to check to see what kind of rate you'll get because they might stick you with an 18% APR when your cards are only at 14-17% or if they have any processing fees or whatever. While a fixed payment might seem nice you can do that yourself for cheaper. Set up how much money you have towards your debt and pay minimums on everything except one. When that one is paid off, whatever you put towards that put on the next one.
I did just what your are looking to do myself. Although I did mine with the intentions of raising my score to get a good 0% offer. I got a loan and put my revolving debt on it, then I bumped my score to over 700 and got offered a 0% BT with 0% fee and then transferred the loan back to a card, after its all said and done I am saving a ton.
Yes, if you're disciplined and don't run up some additional CC debt. Easier said than done.
@amieric88 wrote:
Well NFCU will offer 13% for a fixed rate for 60 months. However I would pay it off in less than 24 months; but my interest rates are high on my credit cards and I pay more in minimums than I would for a fixed rate loan vs a credit card each month.
I would like my scores to rebound and I'm on my way in general but this revolving is killing my scores. Can I safely say that my FICOs will return and I can get my credit life back in order?
What is your current revolving utilization ? If your utilization drops significantly as a result of paying the cards via the personal loan then your FICO score would likely improve.
@amieric88 wrote:
Currently not including the cards I'm paying off with my bonus I'm about 90% but after I pay them off in aug - about 70%. My current scores do not allow me have any deals like a BT of 0% (yet).
So with the loan your utilization would drop from ~70% to almost 0% ? Is that what you are saying?