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No, my Alliant account just shows my one loan.
I will probably just take your advice and leave it! I didn't even thinks about it helping my credit mix until you mentioned it will count as another loan (other than the open Alliant one). Thanks CreditGuy!
If I see any updates to the closed one (which I dount, I'll let you guys know)
@Anonymous wrote:Hi Jfriend! Good luck with your experience with Alliant. A couple questions for you:
(1) You mention that "most" of your accounts are credit cards. Does that mean that you have at least one installment account? And if so, is it open? I just want to be clear about what to expect from this technique. It typically gives no benefit of any kind to someone who already has an open installment account.
(2) It sounds like you just applied and it went pending. Do you mean "applied for membership in the credit union"? Or did that go through and you are pending after an application for the SS loan?
Really looking forward to hearing how your experience works out.
1. No installment loans.
2. Membership is pending due to validating some ID info
Thank you! Me too!
Keep me posted on how this works out. If if anyone else has applied for his/her loan after Aug 7, please consider giving us a timeline update on how it is going on.
Be aware that friendly people at Reddit and at Doctor of Credit posted about this SS loan technique in the days before you applied for your loan. It's possible and even likely this this has resulted in far greater awareness of the technique and therefore a sharp intake in applications to Alliant for $500 SS loans. Alliant may need extra time to begin processing them. I am hoping that Alliant ultimately views this in a positive light, i.e. lots of people are spreading a very positive image of them and they may end up down the road with a lot of customers for other products.
I’d give Alliant 7 business days (roughly 10 calendar days) before anyone gets concerned about not hearing back from an LO.
Opened account 8/6, took until 8/12 for funding to be "available". Applied for the loan early AM on 8/12 and got the call from the LO 8 hours later. Very friendly, no issues with getting it set up for 60 months. I couldn't get a first payment date during this month though, he could only set it up for September.
Thanks for the excellent guide!
@Anonymous wrote:
I opened my SS July 15th and was able to schedule my 1st payment for July 22nd.
I was then able to bring it down to 43 dollars by july 25th, and have it report by the 5th of august.
Still hasn't hit all three, just two... forgot which one without looking.
so in two months your eq went up 43 points, tu 15, and ex 19. Anything significant happen to your profile aside from the installment loan? That is just AWESOME and very happy to see a CU card in your sig!
@Anonymous wrote:
I also added a 5k nfcu cash rewards, and a 3k cap1 platinum.
The cap1 has not reported yet (they said it takes 2 statements to report the first time...).
The SS loan is not reporting on experian yet...
Not to sound nosey, and dont answer if you dont want to, but are you just new to credit? Or are you rebuilding? That is an awesome approval limit for a first time CU card especially with your scores. Life is good!
@Anonymous wrote:
Rebuilding after ch13 was discharged a few months ago. I have no collections on my reports, just got the last one removed. I also have a healthy income (Sr. It guy).
Really excited to see what happens when the cap1 reports, and the SS reports to experian. They do report to experian right?
I put 5k through the cap1 this month, hope they give me a nice cli at the 61 day mark.
Not sure, i dont see why they wouldnt????
Just brace yourself once your scores hit 690 700, start looking at your overall spending, and get the cards where the bank pays YOU the most. themanwhocan's cash back charts are a great place to start for reference, on category spending cards, who gives free scores, and low rate cards. Also look in to high yield checking accounts should be no problem finding 2-6%, and also have a card with no bt fee and single digit APR in the event you need to carry a balance.
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I am just really excited for this, I dont have my hopes held up high, but as long as I can get approved monday, I think I will benefit from this greatly.