If you are or have been bankrupt you can still get a loan. Some lenders and other finance professionals, or your neighbours, friends, family and well-meaning but misinformed people would have you think that the minute you file that bankruptcy youll never have a car or a home in your name again.
That is just not the case. There are firms that actually specialize in giving loans to the bankrupt and those with other bad credit issues.
It may be that those who are bankrupt will have to wait until the bankruptcy case is dismissed or the creditors are paid to get a loan for a vehicle or residential property, but thats not always the case. A lot depends on what type of bankruptcy you filed.
If when you are bankrupt you filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy before you can get a loan you will have to wait two years. With a Chapter 13 bankruptcy the criteria, generally, for acceptance of a loan when having been bankrupt is that the creditors have been paid.
Since the type of bankruptcy determines how quickly and under what circumstances you can get a loan after you are bankrupt its important to know the various types of bankruptcy. Here are the basics....