$10,000 EIDL GRANT

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  1. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    I just realized, you probably meant a heloc, against a paid off house. You’re absolutely right. Dangerous game.
     
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  3. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    That’s makes sense.
     
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  4. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    My anxiety level has been low, until recently. Must be the EIDL loan, along with using the F word. Lol. I’m taking a break, from my high finances for now. Too many uncertainties, good luck everyone, spend/ borrow wisely. Debt is Slavery. No Freedom in Slavery.
     
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  5. danny23tx

    danny23tx Road Train Member

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    Yup quickly get out and back into a good lane but you'll eventually find yourself in another flat lane a load or 2 later .
     
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  6. Beaver9

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    All those posts make me rethink the EIDL loan. I can just keep the advance and run. LOL
    But it's no advance if you got the PPP loan. At least you can keep the PPP loan at the low-interest rate for two years.
     
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  7. Scooter Jones

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    Back in the crash of '08, I was a builder. I had taken out a construction loan with a small bank to build a large 3 car/2 story 1,800 square foot garage, in-law apt on our current house.

    When the market crashed, so did the bank. The FDIC took control of the $50,000 loan. They called me and wanted to know how I intended to satisfy the note. I told them, like many other builders at that time, I didn't have the means, due to loss of work.

    Initially, he threatened to foreclose on us. I told him that I was fully aware that the first position lien-holder on the house & property would have to be satisfied first and that if he thought there was enough money in it to pay off the first, have at it. In light of the major drop in real estate values at the time, I knew they wouldn't do anything.

    They sold the note at auction and I ended up paying 30 cents on the dollar over a 5 year period to the company who bought the note at auction. Irony is that they probably paid 10 cents on the dollar at auction.

    Such is life sometimes...
     
  8. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    That’s right, 60% payroll, alls forgiven. Worse case scenario any amounts challenged,1% 2 yr loan. Basically nothing, since inflation s higher than 1%.
     
  9. Accidental Trucker

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    I’m going to go ahead and take the EIDL, but I’ve already hocked everything to the bank for my operating loan, anyway, so there’s no added risk. I’ll use it to slowly reduce some unstructured debt and thus reduce risk - even though I’m changing un-secured debt for secured debt. Going from variable rates to fixed rates is worth it. Plus drop kicking Wells Fargo to the curb? Well, now, that’s priceless....
     
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  10. nikmirbre

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