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I am looking into completing my last 2018 goal. I may not be able to do it at this second but I want to dig into the details of it. Doing a bit of research I have seen that there aren't alot of banks offering reasonable loans for RV/Travel Trailers. Have also found that the money our family gave me and my wife as a wedding gift to purchase said TT isn't going to cover it since we are in CA and there are a ton of fees to include. Also much like car dealers now days very slim on negociating costs. I found Camping world to be crazy with 5-6k in fees on most TT . I have found a few that I already have a relationship with :
- Camping world
- PenFed
- Alliant
has anyone had any prior expirenece with these places getting approved for a TT / RV loan? Any recommendations on other places to look? Or any other tips with getting a great deal?
My Deets
Trans- 667
EQ - 690
EF - 704
AOA - 7 years
Inq - 4
We were wanting to look into LOC / Personal loan vs doing a RV/TT loan assuming maybe the uw is too strict for RV loans.
I'd try your credit union or bank to see what kind of loans they would offer you. I currently have a 12 yr loan through Bank of the West for a 2013 34' Forest River V-Lite 22,000 principle that has a rate of 5.84%. Not the greatest but I'll have it paid off within the next two to 3 years.
penfed approved me for a 72 month at like 7.25 %.. Yikes. But they are still trying to pass around the love we have found for each other lol. I am going to check out
Ally
Essex
Camping world ( good sam )
Alliant
US Bank
Found these as some names. I have a relationship with Alliant I do not know how conservative they are on rv loans I heard they are snobs with auto loans... US Bank I am not sure of either but they are very much local to me.
Anyone with exp financing through Camping world for a RV/TT ? ? I have heard mixed results.
Navy will also finance
My TT is currently thru DCU @7.14%.. nice and easy.. no hassle or problem
CW might offer you a better rate, but if you go that route, double check the numbers and payments, etc on the contract very carefully
Checking with CW they give a big discount on the intial purchase price but only if you use their financing. I am wondering if what i did with my auto loan would work for a TT with them.
I got a PenFed auto loan literally a week ago. I researched online and made a excel of the final fees of the auto loan. Like a mock truth and lending. I included the fees I was expecting to pay. It was off by $100 from the auto deal bc of a increase in recent registration. I actually got my truck $2k below kbb. And i think it was because I went in with this print up and my financing handled, so I kinda named my terms. I went back n forth with the finance manager for a min but eventually he caved. Not sure if that same tatict would work with CW.
Having been to CW first in my search for a TT. The sales rep told me on any TT to basically add in $5-6K for fees. Now having researched more I can tell that is including a monster PDI fee and probably many others. Going in with an idea of what to be paying or what others paid would be amazing.
Anyone thinking of dealing with camping world.
I'd still think about taking a printed up example and paying cash but then again i'd rather not have the headache.
When shopping for a camper, I would possibly look outside of your state. Camper's carry HUGE MSRP's compared to their invoices, I would look for a volume dealer that is offering great internet pricing as it may be worth your while to have one shipped or do a bit of traveling to find the best deal and possibly save a few grand.
As crazy as it sounds, many travel trailers priced below 30k can have anywhere from 5-15k in markup over invoice. The reason for this is, camper's depreciate VERY fast and just like with vehicles, many camper customer's like to trade-in every few years so the huge spread help's this issue by being able to show higher trade-in allowances on a camper that is worth far less than what you paid a few year's ago.
As far as financing options, CU's are always a good choice, a local CU to me will do 5.34% for 120 mo's on a new/used camper or 4.54% for 72 mo's. Some national lender's such as Ally, US Bank, Union Bank & Trust, Bank of the West, and so on will finance camper's as well. Most of your prime captive lender's will require 10% down in the form of cash or trade equity.
As far as rates, always expect them to be higher than a traditional auto loan as camper's are very high risk for lender's. RV lender's require usually 700+ scores (most use auto-enhanced scores), 10% down and rates will normally be 4.5%+, an RV depreciates very fast as I mentioned above, and if in financial hardship a RV will always be the first thing to be defaulted on as people will try to keep their mortgage/transportation over a luxury item. The lowest rates you will typically find on a traditional RV loan will be somewhere in the 4.5% range.