Debt consolidation questions
Right now, I'm currently paying about 100 dollars a month in interest on $8000 worth of credit card debt. I'm paying about 250 a month in barely-over-the-minimum payments.
How does debt consolidation work, and would it look better on my credit than having 8 credit cards / store cards with an 8k balance?
Could my monthly payment go down at all?
Would it be worthwhile to try to get a second mortgage on my house which I don't think I could, since I've only had the house for about 6 months now and only paid off about 1k worth of the balance.
What kind of interest rates do banks give on a loan of 8k, or would they give an 8k loan at all?
Any ideas would be great. I'm starting to drown in debt. I just pulled a credit report and my debt is around 180k.
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