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Anonymous
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Re: Discover Personal Loan experience

Great info.
Message 11 of 31
lord_kinbote
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Re: Discover Personal Loan experience

Well I received a phone call from Discover at 6pm CST asking for me to call them - again, the application status says approved online, so I will call them in the morning to determine what they say. Hopefully it's not some insane APR or I will decline - if in fact approved.
Message 12 of 31
lord_kinbote
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Re: Discover Personal Loan experience


@babson wrote:
Well I received a phone call from Discover at 6pm CST asking for me to call them - again, the application status says approved online, so I will call them in the morning to determine what they say. Hopefully it's not some insane APR or I will decline - if in fact approved.

Called in this morning and was approved for a 30k loan for a term of 7 years at 9% APR.  No type of origination fees or any penalties for paying off loan early.  30k is to be deposited in my bank account within 2 business days.  Beyond the conufsion from the system indicating approved out of the gate, then going back to call us, it was painless experience.  I did submit a picture of a pay stub, but honestly I also indicated to them that they could check my Discover bank account for the bi-weekly electronic deposits.

 

Here are some data points to help anyone out.  My income is 120k per year.  Relationship with Discover is about 2 years - Discover IT and bank accounts (checking/savings).  Originally they were trying to push 11% APR, but when I was about to balk they transferred me to a senior analyst.  He offered the 9% since I was having payments automatically withdrawn from my Discover bank account.  

Message 13 of 31
Anonymous
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Re: Discover Personal Loan experience

CONGRATULATIONS babson!!! Thanks so very much for sharing such a detailed account of your adventure through this process. I had always been curious at what all was involved,and how the process worked with the Discover personal loan. Thnaks again - I'm sure many folks found this interesting and educational.

Message 14 of 31
lord_kinbote
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Re: Discover Personal Loan experience


@Anonymous wrote:

CONGRATULATIONS babson!!! Thanks so very much for sharing such a detailed account of your adventure through this process. I had always been curious at what all was involved,and how the process worked with the Discover personal loan. Thnaks again - I'm sure many folks found this interesting and educational.


Thank you sir.  I hope the data points will be useful for someone going forward.  

Message 15 of 31
sunkissed
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Re: Discover Personal Loan experience

babson, Congratulations on the approval and awesome terms!

 

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. 

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Message 16 of 31
1768geme
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Re: Discover Personal Loan experience

What kind of documentation  did they ask for

Message 17 of 31
lord_kinbote
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Re: Discover Personal Loan experience

The only thing I uploaded was a bi-weekly pay statement.
Message 18 of 31
Anonymous
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Re: Discover Personal Loan experience

Very interesting! Thanks!

Message 19 of 31
Anonymous
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Re: Discover Personal Loan experience

Hello all.

Please if the OP can shed some light on this. Do they always require POI? 'Cause I do not have that and I am planning to apply mid-late next month, when I expect to see some major bump up in my scores (clean record plus planning to add at least 1 or 2 AUs).

I registered my non-profit last January (it's a charity/foundation...very beginning stages). We were able to raise $120,000 (we do this through investments), but I focused all the resources on setting things up, and even now, it is still too early to be thinking about paying myself a salary.

 

The best I can do is to set up payroll and print out the paystubs to show lenders that ask (please don't judge!). Paystubs showing that I started receiving a salary in December 2016. However, I do not want to have to do this. I understand that this will further complicate things, as that means I will have to send in money to the IRS (however that works, will have to find out), and make sure I file taxes next year....basically I don't want to focus on tax and accounting and tax-related issues yet until we've reached our next financial milestone (before the end of the year). Then I can start making arrangements for a salary (taxes, accouting, etc.).

I want to do all my borrowing strictly based on my score and profile. No running around for paper work, especially if my score will be in the high-600s to mid-700s by then (God willing).

 

I really want advice, please if sb can help out. This forum has been amazing! I can't even....I just started builiding in January (NOT re-building, mind you) and myfico has been my #1 resource.

I want to apply for a Discover loan , because they were the first credit card I opened-$500 unsecured- and I think I will have a great chance for a $25-30k loan. I am pretty sure at least 2 of the 3 bureaus report it as my oldest line.

Any thoughts and advice will be helpful.

 

Btw, my signature is not 100% accurate. Updated!

 

ETA:- Actually registered my non-profit in January 2016, not January 2017.

Message 20 of 31
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