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Maddie's monthly take home pay is $3,500. She is making monthly payments of $250 for a student loan and $218 for a credit card. What is the maximum monthly car payment she can make without going in credit overload?
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Do you mean "credit overload" as simply not spending more than her take-home pay, or as a standard debt-to-income guideline?
- If you just mean "don’t go into the red," the maximum car payment = 3500 − 250 − 218 = $3,032 per month.
- If you mean keep total debt payments within a common DTI guideline (36% of income): allowed total = 0.36 × 3500 = $1,260. Subtract current payments (250 + 218 = 468) → maximum car payment ≈ $792/month.
- If you mean a typical recommendation that car payments be ≤ 15–20% of take-home pay: 15% → $525/month; 20% → $700/month.
Tell me which definition you want to use and I’ll stick with that.
- If you just mean "don’t go into the red," the maximum car payment = 3500 − 250 − 218 = $3,032 per month.
- If you mean keep total debt payments within a common DTI guideline (36% of income): allowed total = 0.36 × 3500 = $1,260. Subtract current payments (250 + 218 = 468) → maximum car payment ≈ $792/month.
- If you mean a typical recommendation that car payments be ≤ 15–20% of take-home pay: 15% → $525/month; 20% → $700/month.
Tell me which definition you want to use and I’ll stick with that.
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