28936 55 Business & Finance Personal Finance Fast Cash true Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:01:28 -0700 /system/videos/5/36/89/02/28936.flv business, finance, personal, fast, cash, finding, loan-shark, loan, shark How To Find a Legal Loan Shark http://www.howcast.com/videos/28936-How-To-Find-a-Legal-Loan-Shark http://www.howcast.com/videos/28936-How-To-Find-a-Legal-Loan-Shark/edit approved 119 640 360 <object width="425" height="273" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=28936"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=28936" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="273" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 6 ThirdPro http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/28936/legal_loan_shark_hd_3_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.jpg 8045 false false false 44467 1 24 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/28936/24.jpg Consider a cash advance If you have a low-interest credit card you haven’t maxed out, consider taking a cash advance. But check your interest rate first — some are as high as 33%.

]]> 44468 2 37 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/28936/37.jpg Get an advance on your tax refund At tax time, you can get a “refund anticipation loan” from some tax preparers. Just realize you’ll be forfeiting about 10% of your refund check just to get the cash a couple of weeks earlier.

]]> 44469 3 50 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/28936/50.jpg Use your car as collateral Get what is known as a “car title pawn” — if you can stomach an annual interest rate of up to 360%. The amount you can borrow is way less than the value of your car, but you get to keep driving it unless you miss a payment.

]]> 44470 4 65 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/28936/65.jpg Visit a licensed lender Borrow money from a licensed small loan company, or head to a signature loan company, which won’t require you to put up any collateral. Both could charge you up to about 48% in annual interest.

]]> 44471 5 77 Tip If you’re a member of the military, don’t resort to high-interest lenders before finding out if your branch of the armed services offers financial help.

]]> 44472 6 86 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/28936/86.jpg Secure a "payday loan" Secure a “payday loan” — a cash advance against your paycheck. But check your local law at www.paydayloaninfo.org before you do; some states limit the amount of interest that these lenders can charge, while others don’t — which explains why the average annual interest rate on these loans is a whopping 460%.

]]> 44473 7 110 Fact Seventy percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, making them vulnerable to predatory lenders.

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