Personal Loan or Retirement Account for Cash Needs?
posted by admin inEven if the world is going along as planned, an we choose to treat ourselves to something sort of nice, for instance a vacation or even a new entertainment system for the living room area, the needed cash may not be available. However, if we are optimistic about the prospect of improving income, or able to accept loan repayments in exchange for our well-deserved reward – then the option of borrowing money from banks will need to be addressed. When events similar to this take place, the decision has to be made to either not get the item or use ZZZ to get the needed funds. For all of us who are sufficiently lucky to have a retirement account (like a pension, IRA or 401k), an opportunity is available to take out funds at any time at the discretion of the account holder. Since the intent behind retirement accounts is to help people throughout their non-working years, the federal government discourages the withdrawl of this money by charging a penalty fee of 10 percent (at the time of this writing). And since contributions towards a retirement account are tax-deferred typically, the account holder must pay tax on the amount of cash removed. As you can imagine, tapping into a retirement account should only be used for serious cash situations. A far more practical approach is to make use of a credit card (for people who have favorable credit). For those that don’t have a favorable credit record, give consideration to using personal loan programs (i.e. ‘ZZZ’). For those of us fortunate enough to still have equity left in their homes, a home equity line of credit may be an alternative. However, more restrictive credit specifications in the wake of the real estate crisis have removed this as an alternative for many individuals. When contemplating any kind of loan, always consider the loan term and rate of interest, to decide if the price of borrowing is at a level that you will be comfortable with.
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