http://www.checkadvanceinfo.com/loans/n92.html Home equity loans might seem like a strange thing to be on a website called Check Advance Info - and they are. en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT Weblog Editor 2.0 Now what in the heck are home equity loans doing on a website dealing with cash advances? To be honest - we don't know. Unless they are here to prove a point - there are other loans out there that can help! You have a last minute financial emergency and chances are you won't do much with home equity loans. But if you already have the loan in place, and the money is ready to spring into action for you at any time, then indeed these might be just the tools you are looking for. Home equity loans for emergency cash Firstly, you need a home, and that home needs to have some equity in it. Next, you need to take out a specific type of home equity loans before you even have an emergency. This type s called a HELOC - home equity line of credit - and it functions as cash for anytime personal use at a fraction of he cost of payday advances. FInally, while the repayment of this HELOC might not begin for a few years, you need to remember your borrowed funds and the benefit they gave you when it was crunch time. If you apply for a HELOC or standard equity loan today, before your emergency ever arrives, you can be ready for an emergency situation and can get the money you need instantly. In this regards home equity loans can indeed compete with check advances, yet they demand preparation, homeownership, and a preparedness that most people just don't have. No substitute for the payday advance No matter how flexibly or speed the arrangement on your home equity loans they will never take the place of payday advances - nothing will. Nothing can. These loans are sure to be the fastest form of last second assistance for years to come. So while you can theoretically use home equity loans for your emergency cash situations, don;t bank on it. Yu can bank on payday advances. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT