A loan that'll get ugly fast

Essentially, option loans are bets that good things will happen. Maybe the mortgage holder will get a big raise, or sell a script to Hollywood, or inherit a chunk of change. When the borrower has to start paying off the loan in earnest in five years, the plan is that he or she will somehow be able to handle it. Full Story »

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Rauna A
4.1
by Rauna A - Oct. 1, 2008

The story needs more info on the "type of loans" how they're sold or marketed, and generally a borrower beware message

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