Most newer youtubers struggle with confidence at first but you have such natural charisma and command over the screen. Your content is also very high quality and genuinely informative as well. I truly wish you all the best.
Thank you! I'm actually not new to performing or making videos, that's part of the reason. Don't mind that everyone thinks I am though lol, really appreciate the compliments.
Not saying it’s right, but as a business like that.. where would you go? Plus the leases for the store are cheaper. Same reason the liquor stores are in those areas
It has NOTHING to do with anything except being where your customers are. They aren't "targeted". They just STAY where the sales stay up. I worked for a place that decided to start another branch in another city. It was alright for about 2 years then started loosing 20,000-50,000 a month. After 2 years, they just had to close it. Didn't "target" anyone. Just couldn't get enough customers to stop losing so the headquarters decided to close it and we got a few orders from the other branches previous customers.
Cam this was a great video. My firm has sued some of these predatory pay day lenders. Their goal is to get you into a cycle of debt that you can’t get out of by using ridiculous interest rates.
thank you Tom! i appreciate an attorney's perspective and the work you do. i have no doubt that they've mathematically guaranteed most of these borrowers will drown in debt.
Hey Tom, I am interested to know what type of law specialty that is that you work in? I’m very interested as an L2 in doing law that concerns taking down nasty corporations.
I live in a state which requires all high school seniors to take a financial literacy class where you learn the basic ins and outs of personal finance. there was a whole unit on alternative credit (pawn shops, payday loans, rent-to-own stores, etc.) and why to avoid it at all costs. unfortunately, not everyone has this advantage. great video Cam.
'preciate you. see, I didn't get that shit in Orlando. they didn't even mention it once. didn't happen in college either. what the hell are schools even teaching us
@@CamJamesYou might find this report on credit scoring useful in your ongoing research. Great video! nationalfairhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/NFHA-credit-scoring-paper-for-Suffolk-NCLC-symposium-submitted-to-Suffolk-Law.pdf
I did a payday loan early on when they first started. I was between jobs and had a vacation planned before I started the new job. They questioned me when I tried to pay it back 2 weeks later. They said most people let it roll over. I knew the interst was ridiculous. I paid it off and never did it again.
Wow. Unbelievable. They tried to make it seem like you were doing something “wrong” by paying them back too soon (by questioning you)?? They don’t mind being that obvious just wanting you to pay them massive interest for years to come.
As someone who been an investors for years gone to university and paid it off and blessed to be first in family to be a degree in finance. Poor or rich, Everyone hates bad debt no matter the socio-economic conditions. These companies need to be regulated 100%.
These companies get regulated, then proceed to find a loophole to continue doing business. It’s like a dog chasing it’s tail. Let’s not forget at the same time these companies are lobbying heavy to avoid regulations that would truly shut them down. Hell even the commissioner who’s supposed to be watching payday loan companies and making sure they’re moving legally turned out to be vice president of a large payday loan company. So how can you win against these people.
I opened a title pawn business and after 5 months I closed the business & forgave all of my customers debts… I was only thinking about how profitable it would be but when it came down to it I just didn’t have it in me to do people that way
thank you for sharing this. first time i've heard from someone on the other side of the table. glad you had the fortitude to realize what you were doing
Another great one new school! I swear I’m very grateful to be able witness your rise, I believe you’re going to make a huge impact in our community with your videos, this is information we don’t get. You’re doing gods work homie!
@@CamJames & let me tell you you’re off to a great start. Never stop what you’re doing, I’m here to tell you there’s a very bright future for you in journalism.
“Being poor is expensive” privileged that I never had to deal with payday loans. I saw how easy for my roommates to need payday loans because they could not open credit card.
I didnt own a car or live on my own til i was 29. I have always been poor. You have to be stupid to get a payday loan. Can people not be stupid anymore?
@@willytodd2750obviously you have no compassion for other people but sometimes people have bills and other urgent expenses they cant afford if that helps you understand
@@willytodd2750yeah. And this is the NUTSHELL of this. Bagging out Republicans because they give FREEDOM of choice to BE stupid. Like there should be NO options because they're all to stupid to resist the worst ones. The food deserts he's claiming? Wouldn't happen if the stores weren't robbed to BELOW profitability. Walmart recently moved out of one democrat run mainly black city because AFTER 16 YEARS they hadn't made ANY profit because they're constantly being robbed from. I'm sick of hearing how it's "discrimination" and payday loan centres "target" certain areas. No, they go to those areas because THAT'S WHERE the customers are. Because they wouldn't have ANY customers in rich white areas, except those who drove in from the nearest poor black areas. It's not discrimination but SIMPLE economics. They appear where the CUSTOMERS will use them. I have seen stores make wrong predictions, open up, and close after a year or 2. Literally happened with a big company I worked for. Losing 20,000 to 50,000 a month by being in a city. So they just closed it down. Just didn't have the customers there, or there was someone who had a bigger share of the market than we had.
Seeing how my mom had to handle crippling debt, I have never taken out a loan that I could not pay back. Just the *idea* of borrowing a large chunk of money makes me nervous.
I can understand this but sadly, life isn't always so fair. I'm paying off a large car note due to being beteeen jobs when I needed a new vehicle (had JUST been hired by my new job when the old car died). A whole month and a half at a trusted mechanic couldn't revive it, so I sold it for a measely $400, as it was old and very busted. I'd been unemployed for three months beforehand, so I had to borrow $2K from my mom for the downpayment. This is absolutely nothing, so my car note is over $600. I love my car, but then life decided to kick me again by it being a Kia 😂. A year after I got it, the news broke about the TikTokers stealing Kia's and Hyundais so even if I wanted to sell my car, which I don't, it's a frickin paperweight. Kia did send me a letter though to have a cylinder block installed to make it harder to steal and I'll definitely take them up on that. My inurance has shot through the roof and a friend of my mom's who also has a Hyundai was flat out dropped by her car insurance due to the thefts. Again, I love my car, but this has been an unexpected added expense I couldn't forsee. I had intended to try to refinance the car in a few years, but I then stupidly tried to return to school. I thought I could get a PELL grant again, but nope. On paper, I make too much and I think I am too old. I'm not anyone's dependent. Didn't qualify for student loans, either, and the applications to try to apply did a number on my credit. They'll fall off in two years, but it set me back on when I can try to refinance. I've also made my peace with going back to school as I think at my current stage, my work experience will just have to speak for me more than a degree. I took one class and juggling work and that math course (my worst subject) was actually super difficult. Many a sleepless weekend trying to finish online quizes...
So. Explain how she actually lose tge car? They take it after one or two missed payments? Or do these vultures give you time to pay, before snatching your property?
Phenomenal content, love watching your video essays improve with each release, and seeing you cover such important societal issues. Cant wait to see where your channel goes from here.
As a fellow Jerseyan (used to live in Mercer County), the predatory check cashing places are INSANE. The pawn shops are rocking (at least in Trenton in 2019) too. I used to use pawn shops when I was with my gambler boyfriend later fiancé now ex. That shit is crazy. I now live in NC, in a good relationship, and have not had to pawn my laptop in nearly 5 years. So glad. But you are not wrong. These people are all through Trenton. Ugh.
Good and when people have to file bankruptcy screw them…I remember in Michigan they changed the law where you couldn’t “shop around” to all of them…meaning you couldn’t hit up all 3 of them at once…and you used to be able to get 1000 and it was cut back to 600(this was back in 2004) dunno if it’s more today..point being all these are isloansharks like the mob in the old days.
Something to add to the stop payment point- MAKE SURE YOU TELL THEM TO DO A STOP PAYMENT FOR THAT SPECIFIC COMPANY. Stop Payments are NOT guaranteed and they WILL change the amount on you and might even change their company ID. An equally useful tool is to open a new checking account on your current account and close the old one completely.
@@themind-sw3rh I’m tryin man- seen tooooo many people get screwed over by these companies. They know all the tricks n shit so if I can even the playing field I damn sure will
I used to work at different credit unions and working with folks in this situation is the most depressing shit. It happens in tons of ways, but these companies print money off of people’s hard times, short sightedness, or ignorance.
I’m in the finance industry. I had a client some years ago who owned a several buy/here pay/here car lots and a pay day loan business. The car lots alone brought in seven (7) figures a couple times per month! His pay day loan business was bringing in six (6) figures consistently, usually between $100k and $200k. Ironically my client actually hated both businesses and eventually sold both. Do your research on buy here pay here car lots and do a video on them. It’s wicked!
Just subbed. I’m learning so much! Your content is so refreshing. Feels like I’m watching HBO/Netflix or something. The editing is amazing!!! Your music included throughout is dope!!! Your channel is about to blow up and I see you being an investigative journalist on TV in the future. I pray someone like Issa Rae sees this. You need your own network show. 🙌🏾
@@kyrabarr2846 Credit Unions are more forgiving to new credit users, and credit users with dings (late payments, past bankruptcies, high debt to income utilization) then the major banks. They offer overdraft protection for no, or a very minimal fee. Almost all credit unions offer credit builder programs - these can be a loan attached to a CD account that you pay on for a year or more, where as you make payments, that amount is released from the CD account, or quick / emergency loans - my primary credit union will loan $1-2k within about 30 minutes on a business day, up to 2x a year, without a credit check, and for a very low interest rate. My credit union also offers zero down mortgages with no private mortgage insurance or points, in select states - for the same conventional mortgage rate. Instead they require you to maintain a small reserve in an account, in case a major repair happens after purchase. They also take a more holistic approach to mortgages, personal, and auto loans. Some of them have great credit card offerings like PenFed, NavyFed, and DCU - and you don't have to live locally to them. I would sign up on the myfico forum for free, and have a poke around.
The way I had to scrape my jaw off the floor after hearing you say interest rates were as high as 739% There is no way that should be legal, I'm going to look into how I can help change this in my state. Great video!
Second video I’ve watched from you. These deep dives are great, none of the defeatist “society is doomed” rhetoric, all useful information and actionable advice to not get caught up and make things better. It’s clear you’re going to get big on this platform.
Literally the first ad on this vid i got was for a no credit check money lending app, shit ridiculous, keep up the great videos man 🔥people need to know
I saw your video about the pyramid schemes and I knew this channel was special. Now I find out that you grew up the sample place I did… I lived down the street from the Petro truck stop, on the same street as the Blue Flame (used to be called Dogwood). Mad respect bro, I’ll be subscribing.
Seriously while watching this, a financial scam commercial came up as an ad!🤦🏾♀️ The youtube algorithm directed me to you and i’m so glad it did! Such good knowledge being shared here. Keep going; I love it!
that's the wild thing about running a finance series, they'll still advertise on my videos...which i see as a good thing, bc they're wasting their money on my audience as I educate them. thank you, i will!
Payday loans helped me in a lot of jams, You borrow 200 and pay back 270$ if you pay it back on time. No questions asked The real issue is education, poor people believe in something for nothing, basically fairytales.
I’m so glad to see this out here man, payday loans absolutely fucking ruin people. I’m happy to be a part of an institution that directly fights those awful payday loan places and we do as much as we can to get people out of those spots. This needs to be seen by as many people as possible
A few things I learned over my 47 years.. 1. Don't buy things you can't afford!! 2. Know the difference between needs and wants! You need shelter, you "want" the new iphone". 3. The easiet way to increase your income is to get our of debt. 4. Have an emergency fund!!!! this prevents you from needing to borrow money. 5. Read tips 1-4 again!
1. Okay a majority of people already don’t do that. 2. People using payday loans are using them because for their needs (i.e. rent, bills, gas) 3. Easier said than done when most companies are putting a majority of the monthly payments towards the interest instead of the principal balance. 4. You need to have leftover money in order to do that. 5. Actually have realistic solutions, not boomer shit that your grandpa says, who probably thinks candy still cost a penny.
@@marcelrobinson not buying things you can't afford or don't need, thus staying out of debt is boomer shit? You guys are hopeless. Good luck to you sir🤞🏾
@@HacksawJimThuggin very few people are taking out these types of loans to satisfy their wants. Nobody is utilizing payday loans to buy the new iPhone. That frame of thinking is the boomer shit I’m talking about.
@@marcelrobinson they aren't taking them to buy iPhones, but because they bought an iPhone, Yeezys, LV and other ish, now they don't have enough to pay the rent or other important shit. I know plenty of people who do this dumb ish.
Interest rates that would shame the most corrupt banker. Finance/Home ec needs to be a required class again before you get out of school. Great video Cam.
Late to the party but this is one hell of a video. Been in banking for more than 20 years and have seen this story play out way too many times and how these loans are a treadmill of debt at best and financial suicide at worst. I wish you were in every branch I ever worked in and talked to ever single customer who walked through the door. Fiscal literacy is such an important topic and we as a whole do such a piss poor job of educating the public about these pitfalls. Your message is even better than your production values and your production values are completely on point. Incredibly well done and the most sincere thank you some random dude on the internet can give. Keep up the great work.
Aye man I hope this gets to you but over the past few years I've lost a lot of my empathy and watching your videos is bringing it back. I started to believe that we're solely responsible for our successes and failures but it's so much deeper than that and we might not have as much control as we'd like to believe we think we do.
bro this is one of the best comments i've ever gotten. thank you for letting me know this, it moved me. my sole goal is to leave y'all caring a little more about victims and trying to empathize.
I used to work a long time ago in the back room of a pretty well known payday advance place. And I can tell you that they absolutely pick and choose the neighborhoods they open their stores. They’re looking at high crime and low wealth (usually the aim for the black and the Mexican neighborhoods). And that 10% law, trust me, there’s loopholes around that. Most just simply call it something different. It’s not “loans” anymore. It’s “payday advancing”.
I use to work for T-Max. A lot of ppl were on my Call List 😂 plus, I've had MANY pay-day loans. I've paid them all except one that went into collections/default. But yeah shit is REAL MAYNE 💯💯💯💯
Another great video fam, keep going, this isn't just informative but you could be helping someone just etering the real world avoid years of crippling debt , you're doing a great service and we all appreciate your work .
Native American lady for Western Sky. Get up to $10,000 without collateral ad. Western Sky was charging interest rates of more than 355 percent, but Western Sky said it's 100 percent Native-American owned and therefore exempt from state laws banning high-cost loans. They ceased operations in 2013, but everybody was getting in the game.
Best editing ever. The video is amazing. please keep making videos, im hooked. Also I didn't know that when paying off loans you are paying the payments off first. Makes sense that if the payments hurt you, you're cooked. Keep uploading and you gonna be at 1m subs by the end of the year
yeah it's the interest that gets you, you're always fighting a losing battle once those interest payments get too high. I got to a point with my student loans where i couldn't even pay the interest smh
I've had 1 payday loan in my entire life. I paid it back in a week. The lady was actually mad because I paid it back in full. She said most people just make the recommended payment and let it roll over. She had the nerve to ask me “are you sure you don't want to let it roll over?” I politely said no thank you. She snatched my money out of my hand and then try to refuse to give me my receipt. To this day I believe she was going to pocket that $1500 and still have me owing the payday loan company
Hey, poor person here. I took out a loan recently due to my car being repossessed. No one would lend to me because I destroyed my credit years ago. I got $400 and each payday, these Native American loansharks got me for $120. I’ve paid $1000 on a $400 loan and it ain’t even over. When you think it’s bad it can get so much worse. Especially in these markets that operate outside the norms of even state/federal norms and regulations.
The concept of owing three times more than your principal (or way more) blows my mind and I've experienced it before, so I know that pain. The roughest markets make it really hard to survive the debt spiral and credit runs every aspect of our lives unfortunately
Don't forget about EWA (earned wage access) getting paid before payday - often for a fee or fees. These include fintech companies like Branch, Daily Pay and Payactive💲
Just found you on my explore page. Watched 3 videos. I’m subbed for the journey. Went through a title loan myself and I gotta say, this video is 100% spot on. You should add in a future video that some banks and even credit unions can buy you out of your payday or title loans to help you avoid paying the ridiculous interest
PayDay Loans are not knew and everyone who goes to Title Max or Loan companies know exactly what they are doing and the cost attached. People need to be taught personal finance in middle school and not taught personal finance by family members who don’t understand how the process works.
I get payday loans from time to time. The place I go dont charge interest or fee if you pay it back within 3 days. Sometimes I find my self strap 4 cash a day or 2 before payday go get my quick 300 and on payday I pay it right back. Even if you take the full 2 weeks to pay it back the interest is less than $50. What gets a problem is when you exstand the loan longer than 2 weeks
thanks for being here and for commenting. it depends on where you are. your state doesn't charge as much interest as others because of the laws passed there.
One thing I never quite understood is hiking the rates up on "riskier" borrowers. If you're worried somebody won't pay back on time, or at all, just make the late fees more punishing, or don't give the loan out at all. Why jack the rates up so high that they're spending thousands on interest charges alone? It just seems like a BS excuse to make less fortunate people pay more.
that's exactly what it is. late fees or disqualifying borrowers from the outset makes more sense logically, but this isn't logic. it's capitalism at its worst.
wouldn't it be natural that fast cash places congregate where people need fast cash most. Also doesn't it seem like your shifting the blame from the people who are borrowing to "not be seen like a broke boy" towards companies that hire people and work in said communities. Like anything, moderation and knowledge is key.
So glad I found your channel, amazing production quality and I love the journalistic approach. Please keep doing what you're doing because I'm learning so much about extraordinary things that is ordinary in parts of society that is often neglected.
I mean not only do they give you a poison water bottle, they helpfully offer to sell you the antidote too! According to economists, this is how we grow GDP and is in fact, very good and normal.
Driving through neighborhoods in my town (TN) over the past decade it was easy to tell which ones were becoming gentrified and which ones were becoming disenfranchised based on payday loan locations opening or closing. It's awful and needs to be abolished with services put in place to help the folks who are in the desperate situations where they feel like they need to go to these predatory "companies".
My girlfriend was taking out payday loans when I first started dating her and for almost no reason, she just didn't realize how hard it was screwing her. I did the math on it and wanted to commit, started demanding that she just take loans from me because it made me feel so bad, and I wasn't exactly doing great at the time anyways lol. We're doing much better together 7 years later
I watched all the way through to make sure you didn’t cover this but employers themselves where I live (tulsa) at restaurants will offer you a pay card and a app to get paid instead of through a bank. The downside is it cost fees every time you use the card or app to pay for anything so it’s another tax for not having a bank account and they offer payday loans on the app.
14:05 I think the analogy would have been better if you said salt water not poison. Salt water only makes you thirstier and dehydrates you while you drink it. Much like the loans that might temporarily “quench your thirst” and give you some money for breathing room, they only serve to hurt you and put you into a worse financial situation than you were in before the loan.
I live in NC. The governor who ran the car title loan people out of the state was investigated after he left office. It was decades ago, but it was ironic, pretty sure that it was normal for all politicians.
They dont lobby to "convice" congressmen and reps that they belong in the economy. They pay them money to not do anything to regulate their practices. Them being outlawed in a state is a legit miracle. Love these videos you're making. Keep it up man.
Pay day loans saved me from starving in California. I had a job and didn't have enough for an emergency after believing my family would help me. I got the loan and paid it back within one month and never went back. I am grateful they loaned me $250, I had to pay back $300.
@@dennisholliday2454 Facts are, it helped me when I needed it. I don't have family, who will really be there for me ( friends, or resources. So I used that loan, to survive the moments and get back on my feet. I don't have time to complain about a loan, I didn't have to take, that I worked to repay, and changed my decision making to prevent me from needing another payday loan. 🤔 Respectfully.
I really love how you colored states red and blue to match their political affiliations. It really shows that the issue isn't slanted to one ideology, but is inherent in the system itself.
7:26 Actually I didn't, which is good but more importantly I am aware of a problem I didn't know existed. I really like your deep dive videos and you are gonna blow up soon giving real information like this.
Financed my furniture at a payday place offering 1 year same as cash. About 3 months in I started losing sleep. Paid it off in full. $2500 balance would have jumped to $3900 if I was late. Here’s the thing though, I put it on auto pay… but from the time I made the first payment to the time I made the last payment was AFTER THE DEADLINE. They set me up to fail from the start! Never again.
Another great one!! Keep it up. What about a piece on celebrity endorsements for things that might not be good for people. When I saw that McDonalds...that part. Lol!!
i watched 2 videos by this guy and im ready to vote for him for congress
i'd never run, can't fake smile. that being said, the faith is appreciated
Cam Jones is a serious journalist FUBU black people. You can’t sleep on him. This and the MLM scheme was very good.
@@CamJames essentially thats what we need. Look at bernie or AOC, they dont smile much and when they do you know its forced.
He is too good for that bunch.
I live in 🇬🇧 & was thinking the same thing
Most newer youtubers struggle with confidence at first but you have such natural charisma and command over the screen. Your content is also very high quality and genuinely informative as well. I truly wish you all the best.
Thank you! I'm actually not new to performing or making videos, that's part of the reason. Don't mind that everyone thinks I am though lol, really appreciate the compliments.
Been shocked when I first saw that this guy only had 8k subs. Will for sure blow up in 2024 with all this quality content he keeps posting!
I’m a New Yorker and lived in seven different neighborhoods. The payday loan providers were only ever in the poorer areas.
they know exactly what they're doing. even here in Atlanta the auto title loan spots get way more numerous in the poor parts of town
You have to go to where your market is. People with means typically have much better loan options they can access when they need money.
Not saying it’s right, but as a business like that.. where would you go? Plus the leases for the store are cheaper. Same reason the liquor stores are in those areas
It has NOTHING to do with anything except being where your customers are. They aren't "targeted". They just STAY where the sales stay up. I worked for a place that decided to start another branch in another city. It was alright for about 2 years then started loosing 20,000-50,000 a month. After 2 years, they just had to close it. Didn't "target" anyone. Just couldn't get enough customers to stop losing so the headquarters decided to close it and we got a few orders from the other branches previous customers.
Why y’all blame the lenders and not the business ppl owe that won’t provide a decent payment plan in first place??🧠🤦♂️
Cam this was a great video. My firm has sued some of these predatory pay day lenders. Their goal is to get you into a cycle of debt that you can’t get out of by using ridiculous interest rates.
thank you Tom! i appreciate an attorney's perspective and the work you do. i have no doubt that they've mathematically guaranteed most of these borrowers will drown in debt.
Doing the lord's work
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Hey Tom, I am interested to know what type of law specialty that is that you work in? I’m very interested as an L2 in doing law that concerns taking down nasty corporations.
I live in a state which requires all high school seniors to take a financial literacy class where you learn the basic ins and outs of personal finance. there was a whole unit on alternative credit (pawn shops, payday loans, rent-to-own stores, etc.) and why to avoid it at all costs. unfortunately, not everyone has this advantage. great video Cam.
'preciate you. see, I didn't get that shit in Orlando. they didn't even mention it once. didn't happen in college either. what the hell are schools even teaching us
I love that! what should be simple solution
What state is that?
Geez. Mention the actual state why don’t you. 😞
@@deans-rewind2882exactly. I hate when responses leave out the most important piece of information in their comment.
So many people fall into this trap and it’s so hard to get out of it.
constantly, and they're all over the place
@@CamJamesYou might find this report on credit scoring useful in your ongoing research. Great video!
nationalfairhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/NFHA-credit-scoring-paper-for-Suffolk-NCLC-symposium-submitted-to-Suffolk-Law.pdf
Yeah my family drilled into me as a kid that it preferable to go without that to get into that type of debt.
your fam is smart. it's better to be broke
I did a payday loan early on when they first started. I was between jobs and had a vacation planned before I started the new job. They questioned me when I tried to pay it back 2 weeks later. They said most people let it roll over. I knew the interst was ridiculous. I paid it off and never did it again.
I bet it was company policy to question you about it too.
Did they try to make you roll it over? Or just ask questions?
I wonder if they would have questioned you if you were recording it/them
Wow. Unbelievable. They tried to make it seem like you were doing something “wrong” by paying them back too soon (by questioning you)??
They don’t mind being that obvious just wanting you to pay them massive interest for years to come.
In a spot and had to do this. I don’t know how I feel about it
As someone who been an investors for years gone to university and paid it off and blessed to be first in family to be a degree in finance. Poor or rich, Everyone hates bad debt no matter the socio-economic conditions. These companies need to be regulated 100%.
that's all we're asking for at the end of the day
These companies get regulated, then proceed to find a loophole to continue doing business. It’s like a dog chasing it’s tail. Let’s not forget at the same time these companies are lobbying heavy to avoid regulations that would truly shut them down. Hell even the commissioner who’s supposed to be watching payday loan companies and making sure they’re moving legally turned out to be vice president of a large payday loan company. So how can you win against these people.
I opened a title pawn business and after 5 months I closed the business & forgave all of my customers debts…
I was only thinking about how profitable it would be but when it came down to it I just didn’t have it in me to do people that way
thank you for sharing this. first time i've heard from someone on the other side of the table. glad you had the fortitude to realize what you were doing
This would be a great interview with yiu both ....
Another great one new school! I swear I’m very grateful to be able witness your rise, I believe you’re going to make a huge impact in our community with your videos, this is information we don’t get. You’re doing gods work homie!
man that's dope to hear for real. trying to keep it relevant and informative. thank you for the feedback!
@@CamJames & let me tell you you’re off to a great start. Never stop what you’re doing, I’m here to tell you there’s a very bright future for you in journalism.
“Being poor is expensive”
privileged that I never had to deal with payday loans.
I saw how easy for my roommates to need payday loans because they could not open credit card.
being poor is crazy expensive. been there
I didnt own a car or live on my own til i was 29. I have always been poor.
You have to be stupid to get a payday loan.
Can people not be stupid anymore?
@@willytodd2750obviously you have no compassion for other people but sometimes people have bills and other urgent expenses they cant afford if that helps you understand
@@willytodd2750yeah. And this is the NUTSHELL of this. Bagging out Republicans because they give FREEDOM of choice to BE stupid. Like there should be NO options because they're all to stupid to resist the worst ones. The food deserts he's claiming? Wouldn't happen if the stores weren't robbed to BELOW profitability. Walmart recently moved out of one democrat run mainly black city because AFTER 16 YEARS they hadn't made ANY profit because they're constantly being robbed from. I'm sick of hearing how it's "discrimination" and payday loan centres "target" certain areas. No, they go to those areas because THAT'S WHERE the customers are. Because they wouldn't have ANY customers in rich white areas, except those who drove in from the nearest poor black areas. It's not discrimination but SIMPLE economics. They appear where the CUSTOMERS will use them. I have seen stores make wrong predictions, open up, and close after a year or 2. Literally happened with a big company I worked for. Losing 20,000 to 50,000 a month by being in a city. So they just closed it down. Just didn't have the customers there, or there was someone who had a bigger share of the market than we had.
U can easily get a credit card through your bank. Unless u somehow already f*cked up your credit.
Seeing how my mom had to handle crippling debt, I have never taken out a loan that I could not pay back. Just the *idea* of borrowing a large chunk of money makes me nervous.
That'll do it. I had to learn the hard way via student loans and a car payment that loans are painful
@@CamJamesindeed they are😊
I can understand this but sadly, life isn't always so fair. I'm paying off a large car note due to being beteeen jobs when I needed a new vehicle (had JUST been hired by my new job when the old car died). A whole month and a half at a trusted mechanic couldn't revive it, so I sold it for a measely $400, as it was old and very busted.
I'd been unemployed for three months beforehand, so I had to borrow $2K from my mom for the downpayment. This is absolutely nothing, so my car note is over $600. I love my car, but then life decided to kick me again by it being a Kia 😂. A year after I got it, the news broke about the TikTokers stealing Kia's and Hyundais so even if I wanted to sell my car, which I don't, it's a frickin paperweight. Kia did send me a letter though to have a cylinder block installed to make it harder to steal and I'll definitely take them up on that. My inurance has shot through the roof and a friend of my mom's who also has a Hyundai was flat out dropped by her car insurance due to the thefts. Again, I love my car, but this has been an unexpected added expense I couldn't forsee.
I had intended to try to refinance the car in a few years, but I then stupidly tried to return to school. I thought I could get a PELL grant again, but nope. On paper, I make too much and I think I am too old. I'm not anyone's dependent. Didn't qualify for student loans, either, and the applications to try to apply did a number on my credit. They'll fall off in two years, but it set me back on when I can try to refinance. I've also made my peace with going back to school as I think at my current stage, my work experience will just have to speak for me more than a degree. I took one class and juggling work and that math course (my worst subject) was actually super difficult. Many a sleepless weekend trying to finish online quizes...
same same. i would rather fix my old truck than buy a new one - it's just too much.
The line "My credit was cheeks" made me instantly become a member.
it still makes me laugh lol, glad to have you!
I was stuck in payday loans when I was in college. And my step daughter loss a car to a title loan. Great video.
Wow, these hit real close to home for you. They do so much damage
So. Explain how she actually lose tge car? They take it after one or two missed payments? Or do these vultures give you time to pay, before snatching your property?
@@JustMe-dn9fhthey take it 30 days after the missed payment or sometimes sooner
Phenomenal content, love watching your video essays improve with each release, and seeing you cover such important societal issues. Cant wait to see where your channel goes from here.
always improving, thanks!
It is really impressive to see how quickly you are improving. This one got me to subscribe and send it to the fam. @@CamJames
@@BoxedUpAndShakenreally appreciate that!
Man i was trapped with them in my early 20's when i was paycheck to paycheck. I paid them off in my tax return and never looked back
Ah so your stupid bc you decided to trap yourself 😅😅😅😅
I had no idea loans were this bad...ugh. Painful stuff but really important. Great video!
thank you, glad i could help inform
A title loan spot got me when I was down back after tech. Repo’d my car when I just need extra money for my baby girl. Great video brother
damn, sorry to hear that bro. had a lot of car problems myself but never a repo. Glad I could help shine light on it
Here in Jersey the Payday Loans aren't legal in New Jersey...but the predatory Check Cashing places are. Would love to see you do a video on them too!
I have no doubt I'll have to revisit this topic at some point, thanks for watching!
Someone stole a check from me and cashed it. I put a stop payment on it.
As a fellow Jerseyan (used to live in Mercer County), the predatory check cashing places are INSANE. The pawn shops are rocking (at least in Trenton in 2019) too. I used to use pawn shops when I was with my gambler boyfriend later fiancé now ex. That shit is crazy. I now live in NC, in a good relationship, and have not had to pawn my laptop in nearly 5 years. So glad.
But you are not wrong. These people are all through Trenton. Ugh.
i work in the debt settlement industry everything youre saying is 100% correct. These companies are making more bank than ever
they're rolling
Good and when people have to file bankruptcy screw them…I remember in Michigan they changed the law where you couldn’t “shop around” to all of them…meaning you couldn’t hit up all 3 of them at once…and you used to be able to get 1000 and it was cut back to 600(this was back in 2004) dunno if it’s more today..point being all these are isloansharks like the mob in the old days.
Borrow from banks at 2% and turn around and lend out at 200%. 🧠🧠
This channel's gonna blow up. Awesome content, looking forward to more
'Preciate it! The enthusiastic support has been amazing and I'm trying to deserve it
Something to add to the stop payment point- MAKE SURE YOU TELL THEM TO DO A STOP PAYMENT FOR THAT SPECIFIC COMPANY. Stop Payments are NOT guaranteed and they WILL change the amount on you and might even change their company ID. An equally useful tool is to open a new checking account on your current account and close the old one completely.
Great tip!
Love your content man! Hoping you get even more success this year!!!
that's really kind of you, i hope y'all like what i do this year 🫶🏾
@NRE56 you are on point my boi ! 💪🏾
@@themind-sw3rh I’m tryin man- seen tooooo many people get screwed over by these companies. They know all the tricks n shit so if I can even the playing field I damn sure will
I like the lane you’ve chosen. Keep shining your light on similar topics
That's the plan!
I used to work at different credit unions and working with folks in this situation is the most depressing shit. It happens in tons of ways, but these companies print money off of people’s hard times, short sightedness, or ignorance.
smh i can't even imagine having to work in this field every day. Glad ppl are helping though
I’m in the finance industry. I had a client some years ago who owned a several buy/here pay/here car lots and a pay day loan business. The car lots alone brought in seven (7) figures a couple times per month! His pay day loan business was bringing in six (6) figures consistently, usually between $100k and $200k. Ironically my client actually hated both businesses and eventually sold both.
Do your research on buy here pay here car lots and do a video on them. It’s wicked!
those numbers are crazy smh
Wow I should start a payday loan company
@@resmarted requires a lot of capital!
@@resmarted you have no morals if you do
Y'all ever dealt with a high-interest loan? join the club.
Ps. somebody give Saweetie my number, i think i can save her.
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I can help you save her if need it! 🤣🤣🤣
@@trentberry1019 teamwork makes the dream work 🤝
@@bisonchicka i'm already annoyed lol
“🎼dont save her she dont wanna be saved🎼” -project pat
Just subbed. I’m learning so much! Your content is so refreshing. Feels like I’m watching HBO/Netflix or something. The editing is amazing!!! Your music included throughout is dope!!! Your channel is about to blow up and I see you being an investigative journalist on TV in the future. I pray someone like Issa Rae sees this. You need your own network show. 🙌🏾
I'm 'bout to cry in the car. Lmao what a nice thing to say. I really hope i can achieve even half of that.
My parents got caught in this trap when I was in middle/high school. We almost got evicted. It was rough.
sorry to hear you had to experience that, and glad you survived. It's wild how deep the spiral can go for some.
The “investigative/exposé journalism” style is you bro. You bouta go crazy this year w this style 💯💯
grateful to have a dope audience!
Great video!
If someone is poor, one of the best tools they can utilize is a credit union.
Absolutely, thank you for watching!
Can you share the importance of credit unions that would be lovely. Thank you!
@@kyrabarr2846 Credit Unions are more forgiving to new credit users, and credit users with dings (late payments, past bankruptcies, high debt to income utilization) then the major banks.
They offer overdraft protection for no, or a very minimal fee.
Almost all credit unions offer credit builder programs - these can be a loan attached to a CD account that you pay on for a year or more, where as you make payments, that amount is released from the CD account, or quick / emergency loans - my primary credit union will loan $1-2k within about 30 minutes on a business day, up to 2x a year, without a credit check, and for a very low interest rate.
My credit union also offers zero down mortgages with no private mortgage insurance or points, in select states - for the same conventional mortgage rate. Instead they require you to maintain a small reserve in an account, in case a major repair happens after purchase. They also take a more holistic approach to mortgages, personal, and auto loans.
Some of them have great credit card offerings like PenFed, NavyFed, and DCU - and you don't have to live locally to them.
I would sign up on the myfico forum for free, and have a poke around.
Great video! Really highlighting the ways that poverty is systemic.
it's all a setup man, the research really makes you depressed sometimes. thanks for being a part of this!
The way I had to scrape my jaw off the floor after hearing you say interest rates were as high as 739% There is no way that should be legal, I'm going to look into how I can help change this in my state. Great video!
thank you, music to my ears. it really is shocking when you dig into it. they're using us as money printers.
Second video I’ve watched from you. These deep dives are great, none of the defeatist “society is doomed” rhetoric, all useful information and actionable advice to not get caught up and make things better. It’s clear you’re going to get big on this platform.
with your support, it's inevitable
Literally the first ad on this vid i got was for a no credit check money lending app, shit ridiculous, keep up the great videos man 🔥people need to know
always ☀️
This one needs a part 2 and 3 !! Great job! ✊🏼 now I need to check some of your tracks out too!!
aye thank you fam, tryin' my best outchea
got a weirld feeling that this channel will blow up like caleb hammer's did. im not even american--- just fascinated by no bs finance content. subbed!
here's hoping ppl connect to what i have to say, thank u for the faith 🥂
You have a real skill for making UA-cam videos. You come across very confident and charismatic.
thank you for letting me know, sometimes creators have no idea how they're gonna be perceived lol. we just try our best
I saw your video about the pyramid schemes and I knew this channel was special. Now I find out that you grew up the sample place I did… I lived down the street from the Petro truck stop, on the same street as the Blue Flame (used to be called Dogwood). Mad respect bro, I’ll be subscribing.
Yeah man, most of my adulthood in Atlanta and Orlando before that. Lots of states before that, military kid
How tf can a state ban an interest rate? Lmao that’s insane
Seriously while watching this, a financial scam commercial came up as an ad!🤦🏾♀️
The youtube algorithm directed me to you and i’m so glad it did! Such good knowledge being shared here. Keep going; I love it!
that's the wild thing about running a finance series, they'll still advertise on my videos...which i see as a good thing, bc they're wasting their money on my audience as I educate them. thank you, i will!
Payday loans helped me in a lot of jams, You borrow 200 and pay back 270$ if you pay it back on time. No questions asked
The real issue is education, poor people believe in something for nothing, basically fairytales.
I’m so glad to see this out here man, payday loans absolutely fucking ruin people. I’m happy to be a part of an institution that directly fights those awful payday loan places and we do as much as we can to get people out of those spots. This needs to be seen by as many people as possible
hell yeah, thank you for doing what you do!
TELL EM WHY CAM 👏
one of my favorite parts too lol
A few things I learned over my 47 years.. 1. Don't buy things you can't afford!! 2. Know the difference between needs and wants! You need shelter, you "want" the new iphone". 3. The easiet way to increase your income is to get our of debt. 4. Have an emergency fund!!!! this prevents you from needing to borrow money. 5. Read tips 1-4 again!
Stop talking sense.
The problem is the Payday Loans, not the morons who spend $$$ on dumb shit then have to borrow.
1. Okay a majority of people already don’t do that.
2. People using payday loans are using them because for their needs (i.e. rent, bills, gas)
3. Easier said than done when most companies are putting a majority of the monthly payments towards the interest instead of the principal balance.
4. You need to have leftover money in order to do that.
5. Actually have realistic solutions, not boomer shit that your grandpa says, who probably thinks candy still cost a penny.
@@marcelrobinson not buying things you can't afford or don't need, thus staying out of debt is boomer shit? You guys are hopeless. Good luck to you sir🤞🏾
@@HacksawJimThuggin very few people are taking out these types of loans to satisfy their wants. Nobody is utilizing payday loans to buy the new iPhone. That frame of thinking is the boomer shit I’m talking about.
@@marcelrobinson they aren't taking them to buy iPhones, but because they bought an iPhone, Yeezys, LV and other ish, now they don't have enough to pay the rent or other important shit. I know plenty of people who do this dumb ish.
Interest rates that would shame the most corrupt banker. Finance/Home ec needs to be a required class again before you get out of school. Great video Cam.
Late to the party but this is one hell of a video. Been in banking for more than 20 years and have seen this story play out way too many times and how these loans are a treadmill of debt at best and financial suicide at worst.
I wish you were in every branch I ever worked in and talked to ever single customer who walked through the door. Fiscal literacy is such an important topic and we as a whole do such a piss poor job of educating the public about these pitfalls.
Your message is even better than your production values and your production values are completely on point. Incredibly well done and the most sincere thank you some random dude on the internet can give. Keep up the great work.
never too late, thanks for watching. a very serious issue that needed to be touched on
thanks for the compliments too, i really appreciate it
Aye man I hope this gets to you but over the past few years I've lost a lot of my empathy and watching your videos is bringing it back.
I started to believe that we're solely responsible for our successes and failures but it's so much deeper than that and we might not have as much control as we'd like to believe we think we do.
bro this is one of the best comments i've ever gotten. thank you for letting me know this, it moved me. my sole goal is to leave y'all caring a little more about victims and trying to empathize.
I loved the bank voice-overs. Quality video mate.
i love doing voiceovers lol, it ain't over. thank you!
740%... I wish my savings account paid me that in APY!
This is the information people NEED! Straightforward, honest and entertaining, look forward to your next video
Much appreciated!
I used to work a long time ago in the back room of a pretty well known payday advance place. And I can tell you that they absolutely pick and choose the neighborhoods they open their stores. They’re looking at high crime and low wealth (usually the aim for the black and the Mexican neighborhoods). And that 10% law, trust me, there’s loopholes around that. Most just simply call it something different. It’s not “loans” anymore. It’s “payday advancing”.
yeah, when you look at the numbers it becomes very obvious. this is targeting.
Stoked to watch this. Your first deep dive was interesting as hell.
can't wait to get your feedback
Payday loans are the absolute worst! I had a few many years ago and regretted it. The solution is always to try to have emergency savings.
I use to work for T-Max. A lot of ppl were on my Call List 😂 plus, I've had MANY pay-day loans. I've paid them all except one that went into collections/default. But yeah shit is REAL MAYNE 💯💯💯💯
collections is no joke at all, i spent the last year cleaning up my credit history and paying down debts
@CamJames the feeling of being debt free is truly a good feeling. Good Stuff Bro ! 💸💸💸
“A strong ongoing commitment… to not go to prison” 😂
I've definitely seen a lot of payday lenders in Detroit--it's big business here, sadly. Everything you've said is spot-on.
super unfortunate, especially in Detroit of all places
I don't watch most people's videos but WOW, this is my second one and I'm hooked. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.....
thank you for real, will do!
Another great video fam, keep going, this isn't just informative but you could be helping someone just etering the real world avoid years of crippling debt , you're doing a great service and we all appreciate your work .
no doubt, my goal has been to use my talents to help people and discuss topics in a new way. I appreciate y'all watching!
Bro makes some great videos, but my dude, not everything is discrimination. But keep up the good work.
didn't say it was. some things are.
@@CamJames yeah true, keep up the dem videos!
Keep GOIN!!!
always!
Also I’m in Tulsa*
🤝🏾🤝🏾
Native American lady for Western Sky. Get up to $10,000 without collateral ad. Western Sky was charging interest rates of more than 355 percent, but Western Sky said it's 100 percent Native-American owned and therefore exempt from state laws banning high-cost loans. They ceased operations in 2013, but everybody was getting in the game.
smh where there's money to be made, someone is gonna make it. at any cost
Best editing ever. The video is amazing. please keep making videos, im hooked. Also I didn't know that when paying off loans you are paying the payments off first. Makes sense that if the payments hurt you, you're cooked. Keep uploading and you gonna be at 1m subs by the end of the year
yeah it's the interest that gets you, you're always fighting a losing battle once those interest payments get too high. I got to a point with my student loans where i couldn't even pay the interest smh
And the compliments are tremendous, thank you. Trying my best to deserve it
I've had 1 payday loan in my entire life. I paid it back in a week. The lady was actually mad because I paid it back in full. She said most people just make the recommended payment and let it roll over. She had the nerve to ask me “are you sure you don't want to let it roll over?” I politely said no thank you. She snatched my money out of my hand and then try to refuse to give me my receipt. To this day I believe she was going to pocket that $1500 and still have me owing the payday loan company
smh damn. i believe that completely, the interest is what keeps them going
A straight forward, high quality video. KEEP THEM COMING
yessir, thank u!
There was literally 2 ads back to back about loans by the end of this video.
Good on you for doing a piece on this
thank you for watching bro!
Hey, poor person here.
I took out a loan recently due to my car being repossessed. No one would lend to me because I destroyed my credit years ago. I got $400 and each payday, these Native American loansharks got me for $120. I’ve paid $1000 on a $400 loan and it ain’t even over. When you think it’s bad it can get so much worse. Especially in these markets that operate outside the norms of even state/federal norms and regulations.
The concept of owing three times more than your principal (or way more) blows my mind and I've experienced it before, so I know that pain. The roughest markets make it really hard to survive the debt spiral and credit runs every aspect of our lives unfortunately
Loved this, keep up the great work ❤
Thank you, def will do!
Don't forget about EWA (earned wage access) getting paid before payday - often for a fee or fees. These include fintech companies like Branch, Daily Pay and Payactive💲
very true
Just found you on my explore page. Watched 3 videos. I’m subbed for the journey.
Went through a title loan myself and I gotta say, this video is 100% spot on.
You should add in a future video that some banks and even credit unions can buy you out of your payday or title loans to help you avoid paying the ridiculous interest
thanks for watching and for the suggestion. welcome 🥂
PayDay Loans are not knew and everyone who goes to Title Max or Loan companies know exactly what they are doing and the cost attached.
People need to be taught personal finance in middle school and not taught personal finance by family members who don’t understand how the process works.
generalizations are never accurate
Brother speaking on topics we need to be informed on .. but with swag
I get payday loans from time to time. The place I go dont charge interest or fee if you pay it back within 3 days. Sometimes I find my self strap 4 cash a day or 2 before payday go get my quick 300 and on payday I pay it right back. Even if you take the full 2 weeks to pay it back the interest is less than $50. What gets a problem is when you exstand the loan longer than 2 weeks
thanks for being here and for commenting. it depends on where you are. your state doesn't charge as much interest as others because of the laws passed there.
One thing I never quite understood is hiking the rates up on "riskier" borrowers. If you're worried somebody won't pay back on time, or at all, just make the late fees more punishing, or don't give the loan out at all. Why jack the rates up so high that they're spending thousands on interest charges alone? It just seems like a BS excuse to make less fortunate people pay more.
that's exactly what it is. late fees or disqualifying borrowers from the outset makes more sense logically, but this isn't logic. it's capitalism at its worst.
You're doing whatever lord you believe in's work.
wouldn't it be natural that fast cash places congregate where people need fast cash most. Also doesn't it seem like your shifting the blame from the people who are borrowing to "not be seen like a broke boy" towards companies that hire people and work in said communities. Like anything, moderation and knowledge is key.
1st question: why do people "need" cash most there, and who created that need?
2nd question: no.
This could have been a 5 min video bro. 80% of this was slow talking, long irrelevant personal stories, overly long intros, and stock footage
do it better.
So glad I found your channel, amazing production quality and I love the journalistic approach. Please keep doing what you're doing because I'm learning so much about extraordinary things that is ordinary in parts of society that is often neglected.
I'll definitely keep going, y'all help me get through the work tremendously
This is why the second I hear any radio show do a promo for pay day loans I know they don't give a fuck about people. Looking at you Rickey Smiley
100%
I mean not only do they give you a poison water bottle, they helpfully offer to sell you the antidote too!
According to economists, this is how we grow GDP and is in fact, very good and normal.
all accurate smh
Driving through neighborhoods in my town (TN) over the past decade it was easy to tell which ones were becoming gentrified and which ones were becoming disenfranchised based on payday loan locations opening or closing.
It's awful and needs to be abolished with services put in place to help the folks who are in the desperate situations where they feel like they need to go to these predatory "companies".
hit the nail on the head, that's exactly what we need
My girlfriend was taking out payday loans when I first started dating her and for almost no reason, she just didn't realize how hard it was screwing her. I did the math on it and wanted to commit, started demanding that she just take loans from me because it made me feel so bad, and I wasn't exactly doing great at the time anyways lol. We're doing much better together 7 years later
yo I'm glad y'all stayed together and made it through that
I watched all the way through to make sure you didn’t cover this but employers themselves where I live (tulsa) at restaurants will offer you a pay card and a app to get paid instead of through a bank. The downside is it cost fees every time you use the card or app to pay for anything so it’s another tax for not having a bank account and they offer payday loans on the app.
oh my god. i'd never heard of that.
14:05 I think the analogy would have been better if you said salt water not poison. Salt water only makes you thirstier and dehydrates you while you drink it. Much like the loans that might temporarily “quench your thirst” and give you some money for breathing room, they only serve to hurt you and put you into a worse financial situation than you were in before the loan.
fair point, when you're right you're right. My analogy was focused on a slow-acting poison though, similar effect.
Man, when these things started up in VA like 20 years ago I got caught in the loop for years. It's brutal.
very. glad you made it out
UA-cam popped this up into my feed and so glad they did! Subscribed by the end of the first video and am binge watching the rest!
thank you for watching! really appreciate the support
I don't honestly know why payday loans are legal.
Its perpetual interest. It's legitimately a scheme.
my thoughts exactly. unfettered greed
I live in NC. The governor who ran the car title loan people out of the state was investigated after he left office. It was decades ago, but it was ironic, pretty sure that it was normal for all politicians.
yeah that doesn't surprise me in the least. too much money at stake
Capitalism demands, encourages, and rewards ruthlessness, no matter the circumstance, and no matter who wields it.
I want to make my own loan company with these terms I’ll be rich in a week!
Hey, whered you get that sonic plush? Mad respect on these great ass videos but Im really lovin that g on your desk
haha 'preciate that. I got it from Barnes & Noble, they have a whole Mario + Sonic plush section in the back
I like your mix of humor and data. Also, it is clear that you in fact, love black people. 😊
so much. love us to death 🫶🏾
They dont lobby to "convice" congressmen and reps that they belong in the economy. They pay them money to not do anything to regulate their practices. Them being outlawed in a state is a legit miracle. Love these videos you're making. Keep it up man.
Pay day loans saved me from starving in California. I had a job and didn't have enough for an emergency after believing my family would help me. I got the loan and paid it back within one month and never went back. I am grateful they loaned me $250, I had to pay back $300.
Hmmmm ..a $250 "emergency" loan that stopped you from starving for 30 days...and you paid back $300 ..so your interest rate was 239.995% nice🙄
@@dennisholliday2454 Facts are, it helped me when I needed it. I don't have family, who will really be there for me ( friends, or resources. So I used that loan, to survive the moments and get back on my feet. I don't have time to complain about a loan, I didn't have to take, that I worked to repay, and changed my decision making to prevent me from needing another payday loan. 🤔 Respectfully.
I really love how you colored states red and blue to match their political affiliations. It really shows that the issue isn't slanted to one ideology, but is inherent in the system itself.
glad you noticed that. people attacked me for criticizing the Republicans but I'm anti-politician.
7:26 Actually I didn't, which is good but more importantly I am aware of a problem I didn't know existed. I really like your deep dive videos and you are gonna blow up soon giving real information like this.
it's dope that i can help inform!
Same! Proud of NJ for not making the shit list and, as usual, thanks for education!
- affordable education
- BETTER education
- BETTER FINANCIAL education
- update old laws
Financed my furniture at a payday place offering 1 year same as cash. About 3 months in I started losing sleep. Paid it off in full. $2500 balance would have jumped to $3900 if I was late. Here’s the thing though, I put it on auto pay… but from the time I made the first payment to the time I made the last payment was AFTER THE DEADLINE. They set me up to fail from the start! Never again.
lol that's how they get you. anything they can do to keep you in the payment loop longer
Why are people taking out these loans? What would they do if the loans were unavailable?
Homeless or suicide
Or steal
Another great one!! Keep it up. What about a piece on celebrity endorsements for things that might not be good for people. When I saw that McDonalds...that part. Lol!!
i definitely might have to shine a light on them. thank you!
Indeed!