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re: Home Loan Application Gone Wrong

Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:26 pm to
Posted by Will Cover
Davidson, NC
Member since Mar 2007
40378 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:26 pm to
quote:

This chick has a credit card with 10K on it that she had kept hidden from me from several years back.


Score one here for Dave Ramsey.

This just goes to show that most spouses fail to communicate when it comes to finances with one another.

Going forward, monthly discussions reviewing the budget together and set a spending limit (agreed upon) that you are allowed to spend without notifying the other person.

And lastly, you should have checked your credit report a long time when you started this process to eliminate any surprises.
This post was edited on 1/25/17 at 8:28 pm
Posted by lathoroughbred
Louisiana/Kentucky
Member since May 2008
8125 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:26 pm to
Is this current debt? In collections of some sort? Sent to a P O Box?
Posted by Tuscaloosa
14x Award Winning SECRant user
Member since Dec 2011
50634 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:27 pm to
Need more info, OP

How long have you been married?

How many years ago was this credit card being used?

How didn't you notice her buying new shite?

If it was several years ago, why haven't you looked at your credit report in such a long time?
Posted by Johnny Carson
Member since Jul 2010
1318 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:27 pm to
She should have softened the blow by telling you that your 5 inches does not satisfy her and she needs at least a 8 inches to feel anything.That she has been banging dudes regularly on the side and is not sure if the kids are yours. After that spilling the beans on the 10k debt wouldn't seem so bad.
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
46358 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:27 pm to
Oh my goodness.

Wait for 7.5 years to pass from date of first delinquency (it will drop off) or send a letter and try to settle it with the specific request that it be DELETED from her report.

But first send a letter asking them to VALIDATE the debt.
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:29 pm to
quote:

We have 2 boys and have a shite ton of money in escrow for this house, no clue what the frick to do


Kiss the escrow money goodbye. That's a drop in the bucket compared to what buying a house with that broad will cost you one day.
Posted by liz18lsu
Member since Feb 2009
18134 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:29 pm to
quote:


Home Loan Application Gone Wrong
quote:
So a secret credit card that she didn't pay or what?



Basically

Told her I wanted to look at the statements as soon as I found out, nothing crazy out of the norm on there though

Have zero trust for her now though in any thing





10K in CC debt should't mean much, jesus.
Posted by cjared036
Houston, tx
Member since Dec 2009
9569 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:30 pm to
How long have y'all been married.

10k is not a fortune. Can be paid off pretty quickly.

Don't freak out. Life is full of bs surprises
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
46358 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:30 pm to
If the date of first delinquency is close to 7.5 years old DO NOT send any letters though. That will reset the clock and you are on the hook.

Posted by achenator
Member since Oct 2014
3331 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:30 pm to
has she been paying on it?
Posted by TennesseeFan25
Honolulu
Member since May 2016
8391 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:30 pm to
Married 5 in May

Started around our wedding date

Just added up with her never paying fully, terrible fricking judgement.

It has never shown on my sole credit report
Posted by knight_ryder
XTC cabaret
Member since Jan 2015
3356 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:31 pm to
Explain
Posted by TennesseeFan25
Honolulu
Member since May 2016
8391 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:31 pm to
She's kept moving it from zero interest card to zero interest card
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
36799 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:31 pm to
You got this far in the process without checking her credit?

fricking fail
Posted by lathoroughbred
Louisiana/Kentucky
Member since May 2008
8125 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:32 pm to
jeff you appear to know a lot about delinquency....js
Posted by TennesseeFan25
Honolulu
Member since May 2016
8391 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:32 pm to
Yeah paying minimum amounts
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
46358 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:33 pm to
Yikes.

Gotta pay it off aggressively then
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
46358 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:34 pm to
I read a lot of reddit/r/personalfinance
Posted by liz18lsu
Member since Feb 2009
18134 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:34 pm to
If she is paying on time, at least the min, hopefully more, who cares?

Here is my take, keep it all separate. You get married, get a joint "dump" account (never done it). But, mostly separate. Keep yourself safe, in a strategic way.
Posted by TennesseeFan25
Honolulu
Member since May 2016
8391 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:35 pm to
I'm as annoyed less about the money than the situation

We can pay it tomorrow and feel little


That shows how poor her fricking judgement is though

The fact that she lied about it or concealed the whole time is huge
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