A bunch in credit cards, no doubt, but still a significant chunk of cash.

And these days, mortgage applicants must be careful with using credit cards before closing because credit will be pulled again and they don't want to lose their qualification.That means if they did intend to use credit to buy the fridge, they could be a week w/o it.I knew a guy who installed mini-blinds at all the windows since he felt that having to fit 14 windows might turn away some buyers.If your market is such that most homes do not come with a fridge, then if yours has one, you have an automatic one up.

She did offer that she can give me the debit card for both the social services and the child support or basically assign for me to get the check directly so it can be applied towards the rent, thereby guaranteering my rent.

Everything hinged on housing prices which was driven up by household debt, then wall street further leveraged these securities thus building the house of cards that would fall when the linchpin of ever rising housing prices stopped.Balance sheets of the household sector are still weak.

I had a bank that would do a refi at 85% of the tax card.  

Well I have to confess, when I was a beginner Investor years ago I used to just send my contractors each a  gift card for $50-$100, and my thinking was that I did show them that I care about them.

While the project takes place my monthly payments will be paid with credit cards.

I've heard that some people have used credit cards to secure properties.I'd like to use my credit card to pay for the closing costs.

@Pyrrha Rivers  Yes, the main things in Credit Scoring is-Length of Credit History of Accounts-Have 3 Major Credit Cards Reporting with No Late Payments --Revolving Balances below 30% of Limits-1 Installment Account-No Collections, Judgements, Public Records(Bankruptcy/Foreclosure) or Late PaymentsThese are very good guidelines...And if you want to get a boost of your scores and have a Family member that has a Seasoned Credit Card(Opened CC Account for over 3 years) that will report Authorized Users- they can add you as an Authorized User and you can have that credit history on that card added to your report...Hope that helps!

Unintentional or not, missing payments on a credit card is a BIG issue.