My Oldsmobile is 12 years old and really only dependable for short trips to work and for running errands.  I’d never take it on a long driving trip anywhere because I’m afraid it would break down.  

But my mother took sick up where she lives in Stockton, just around the time I had lost my job in Long Beach and the bills were piling up.  I had the time to go see my mother, help her around the house and help her with her personal affairs.  But I didn’t have the money for the flight and my bad credit negated my ability to put it on a credit card (without an advance purchase, it would be $300 at least, plus car rental).

So while looking at flight options on the Internet, I just plugged in “fast cash” into Google.  Up popped Car Title Loans in Long Beach.  I had seen stores along Cherry Avenue and on the Imperial Highway in Downey, but never thought to go there.  This was all done on the Internet.  I found out my car title was good for a $1000 loan, enough to pay for the flight and a car rental from the Oakland airport to mom’s house.  The online application was simple - I filled it out in 20 minutes, and in an hour I got my approval.  The money was in my checking account the next day, so I had the cash on my debit card to book that flight and reserve my rental car.

Who knew an old car could get me all the way up to northern California?  A car title loan no hassles method was the right thing for me to do.