Re: Loan payments impact on credit score

John A. Weeks III wrote:
> In article <2rfKj.884$V14.762@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Mark Bole <makbo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> John A. Weeks III wrote:
>> [...]
[...]
> The bottom line is that the reason we see so many foreclosures
> today is that so many people are living right on the edge.  If
> anything bad happens to them, they lose pretty much everything.
> And with our current economic situation, bad things are happening
> at ever increasing rates.

I agree with your message about the im****tance of living within one's 
means.  IMHO there was just a tad too much hyperbole mixed in to get the 
message across effectively (which is what my reply focused on), but then 
maybe a little shock treatment is called for in the case of some 
individuals.  A subsequent post by the OP tells me they aren't quite in 
as bad shape as originally ****trayed.

-Mark Bole

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