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The Finance Charge: your “price tag” for credit

On every TILA form two disclosures are especially conspicuous, printed in larger and bolder type than the others:  the Finance Charge and the Annual Percentage Rate (APR).  The Finance Charge, expressed in dollars and cents,  is defined as “the sum … Continue reading

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Of payment schedules and gap insurance

To recap, we’ve been talking about my friend “Irene,” who bought a car she couldn’t afford, and then the dealer talked her into a second deal …. to pay even more money for a less valuable used car! When I … Continue reading

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It’s a jungle out there!

I hate it when a client comes in with a problem I can’t solve. Just the other day I met a women I’ll call Irene, who was desperate for me to find a way to relieve her from an agreement … Continue reading

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