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Car Refinancing question!  So me and my now ex boyfriend are on my car title/loan wise., Im about 5K upside-down on it.Car Refinancing question! So me and my now ex boyfriend are on my car title/loan wise., Im about 5K upside-down on it. I want to separate myself as much as possible from this man. Should I just trade it in and deal with the negative equity on a new loan so I have 1 payment at a more than likely lower interest than I have now (7%, but my mom is willing to co-sign with me on a new car and she has legitimately perfect credit) or try to pull a personal loan for the upside down part and then refinance the car and have 2 payments of which their interest rates I have no idea how they'd turn out? I have zero emotional attachment to the car and frankly want a slightly bigger car. Any advice welcome! I can technically afford the payment at its current rate, I just don't want to end up with an asset that's helping him too (yes I know that sounds petty, we just ended really badly and I've already helped him enough financially) Thank you TBM family!  
Car Refinancing question!  So me and my now ex boyfriend are on my car title/loan wise., Im about 5K

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Be careful with co-signers. I don’t mean to be ugly so please don’t take it as such. My sister had our Dad co-sign on her car a few years ago. Now Dad has some serious health issues, and is having to sell everything he owns, including her car!  
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@tigerish thank you for the note!  
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