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Old 03-21-2009, 12:40 AM
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Hey all, going to sell my car because i want to free up money around 600 a month , i am a nurse and the train station is right near my house and near my work, but i thinking i finished afternoon shift at 10, and in my area you don't want to be at a train station at that time of night, i am trying to think of ways around this, i was going to make say i can only work morning shifts, but i get good penalty rates for working afternoons, i dunno what to do?
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Old 03-21-2009, 07:37 AM
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Sell your car and buy something less expensive preferably with cash, if not something that u can finance for 36months and have a much lower payment.
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Can you break down that $600/mo. expense? How much is car payment, gas, insurance, parking, etc.? Some of those costs are more flexible than others.
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