If you’re in need of some extra cash for a financial emergency - you need a new tire for your car, you’ve forgotten a birthday present, you’ve run into unexpected medical bills - a secured personal loan can help you get back on your feet. Most people, however, don’t understand small secured personal loans - they’ve heard of a normal secured personal loan, where the borrower is using a vehicle, or a house as collateral against a large loan of thousands of dollars - but most people don’t know that secured personal loans can come in small increments as well. If all you need is a few hundred dollars, the hassle and paperwork of a large, bank-backed secured personal loan just isn’t worth it.

Small Secured Personal Loans

Fortunately, banks aren’t the only ones giving out secured personal loans. You may have read our article about the types of secured loans you can find. In that article, we mention one great resource for small secured personal loans - pawn shops. Unfortunately, pawn shops carry a bad stigma with them, so many people don’t even consider using them as a lender in a pinch. In reality, they’re a great resource, and as long as you make a plan and understand how you’ll pay back the money you’ve borrowed, its easy to come out on top.

Collateral for Small Secured Personal Loans

People are often caught in the trap of assuming they don’t have anything useful to use as collateral for a small secured personal loan. There are plenty of items that will work, and chances are you have a few in your house right now. Anything relatively new and in good working condition is likely to work just fine as collateral - for example: Electronics, like CD players, computers, dvd players, TVs, or video game systems work great - as do musical instruments, jewelry, watches, sporting goods, power tools, or even vehicles. A quick inventory of your house will no doubt yield a number of things perfect for a secured personal loan.