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the best used car shopping experience, determine a budget, and stick to it. By spending too much you may not only have to cut back on things; you could be putting your financial security at risk. If you go into a used car sales knowing this, you are one step ahead, and to make absolute sure this doesn’t happen to you, there are some steps to follow.
The first step before buying a used car is to obtain your credit report. There are three national credit reporting agencies that gather the information. The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act actually allows every consumer to get a free yearly credit report. It is important to know your credit score, as this will affect financing on the used car.
Debt-to-income ratio is an equation to gauge your ability to repay the loan on your used car. To find this, add up all monthly installment payments (car and credit card payments, but not rent, mortgage or utilities). Divide the total by your monthly take-home pay, after taxes and other withholdings have been subtracted. The resulting percentage is your debt-to-income ratio. You should keep your debt-to-income ratio below 15 percent. Used car buyers get in trouble by not clearly realizing the difference between qualifying for a loan and being able to afford one. Qualifying for a used car loan only requires satisfying the bank's protocol on financial means to repay it. Lending institutions use different formulas to determine this, so the results can be different. The
bottom line is don’t depend on anyone else, but yourself, to know your true used car budget.
Finding Used Cars in Brooklyn PA
Brooklyn is a township in Susquehanna County. The latitude of Brooklyn is 41.733N. The longitude is -75.783W. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 1,119 feet. The population, at the time of the 2000 census, was 889. The first settlement in what was to become the Township of Brooklyn, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania occurred during the spring of 1787. At that time John Nicholson led about forty settlers from the Philadelphia area. Others from along the Susquehanna Valley joined over the next five years. By 1798 these earliest settlers had become discouraged by the hardships of life in the wilderness and began to sell their holdings to a new wave of pioneer from Connecticut. Susquehanna County was created on February 21, 1810, from part of Luzerne County and named for the Susquehanna River. Susquehanna County is one of the most rural counties in the state. It is one of the most beautiful counties in the state, located in the Endless Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania.