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[-] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 9 months ago

Your second option is 2 options. You dont need to default, just never finish paying it off.

[-] xenoclast@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Maybe you could just keep refinancing over and over until you're making 0.01 payments a month on 100 loans. And have a max credit score.

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Real-life min/max'ing right here

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The terms of a loan boil down to "we'll give you x, pay it back plus interest in y amount of time". How do you stretch something with a legally binding predetermined end out indefinitely without hurting your score or financial wellbeing?

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Take out a personal loan for the balance?

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Isn't that just kind of burning money at that point, i.e. harming your financial wellbeing? Also, aren't personal loans seen as "bad" for credit score purposes? I had to take one out a few years back and my score dropped like 45 points within the week

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