
One of the debates raging in the personal finance world is between those who believe it is possible to live without credit, and those who think that credit is necessary–especially if you want to make major purchases (like a home). Some figure that if you could just make enough money, then credit would be completely unnecessary; you could pay cash for everything.
For now, let’s lay aside the debate over what constitutes “rich.” Plenty of leaders feel that an annual income $250,000 makes someone “rich.” Whether or not you agree with that number, it makes an interesting starting point since most people in the U.S. make significantly less than $250,000 a year. And chances are that someone who fits that definition of rich does need credit, if only to buy a home.
Unless you are among the ranks of what we consider ber rich, making millions or billions of dollars a year, chances are you will still need a mortgage loan to purchase a house.






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