West Loop Financial LLCA Wake-Up Call Without the Trauma – West Loop Financial LLC https://www.westloopfinancial.com Evolutionize Site Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:50:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.22 A Wake-Up Call Without the Trauma https://www.westloopfinancial.com/2015/10/26/a-wake-up-call-without-the-trauma/ https://www.westloopfinancial.com/2015/10/26/a-wake-up-call-without-the-trauma/#respond Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:00:28 +0000 http://evolvemypractice.com/?p=2266 Imagine a hypothetical guy who lives a responsible financial life. He’s focused on meeting his obligations, even though he doesn’t have a big cushion when it comes to his take-home pay. Things are tight. He’s not quite living paycheck-to-paycheck, but it’s close. Then one day, an external shock completely outside his control occurs, and it...

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Through no fault of his own, he ends up missing a couple of bills. These missed payments hit his credit score, and it drops 50 points. What happens next might surprise you.

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