I like the excitement of disaster recovery.  Ever since I grew up in the mid-Atlantic coast region, it was pretty common for my daddy and me to go help out after a storm with his pickup truck.  I got myself a truck today, and as it turns out it was a smart investment that lets me continue helping disaster victims too.

I lost my job in Norfolk in March, so when the opportunity to work as a subcontractor to disaster recovery companies came up, I jumped at it.  The work actually pays almost double of what I used to make.  But the problem is you don’t get paid for a month or more after you get started.  With bad credit and lots of bills at home, that’s hard to manage.

But Norfolk Car Title Loans made it possible.  I didn’t like the idea of going to a shady storefront operation, but they have an online application form that takes no more than 20 or 30 minutes to complete.  With a truck title loan company, there is no credit check.  So I got my money fast — by the next day my wife was paying the bills while I was down in the Gulf coast region helping people save their appliances and furniture for when they rebuild and get their lives back together.

As a Norfolk native, with all my family close by, I would never consider leaving the area.  But when I lost my job at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard it looked like I might have to.  Even worse, I had an accident with my SUV right when I was in this job transition. When it rains it pours.

Things turned around in about four months.  I live in Portsmouth, but found a new job near the Norfolk Airport, about 20 miles away.  You hear worse stories about traffic and commuting, but it made my car all the more important.  It also meant I had to do some car repairs just when money was pretty tight to begin with.  There was a gap of four months of income, so the credit cards were at their limits.  I had bad credit, despite years of managing things prudently.  Not pretty, especially when the Ford needed some body work done.  

That’s when I discovered to Norfolk Car Title Loans.  I could use my car’s value to pay for the car repairs. For me, an important part of the transaction was I didn’t have to go to a storefront operation in some strange neighborhood to get the $1800 I needed.  I filled out an online application, which took all of 20 minutes from my home computer. Within 24 hours I had the fast cash to cover the body work.  By getting loans on car title, this working mother could start a new job and get a paycheck rolling in again.