@Matt Good  that's what the unsecured lines are for.. not to just establish them and never use them.and if they are with your local commercial banks here in Oregon like mine are.. then they don't show on your fico.. so there is no worry of hammering your fico ... unlike those that espouse using credit cards to raise capital then max them out.. that strategy will absolutely hammer your fico and is very dangerous. 

The UN said in its landmark global warming report that cow farts are the number one generator of greenhouse gasses (more than cars, planes, and all other forms of transportation combined).

There was a ready made "supply" from guys leaving to go back to the states and a ready made "demand" from guys rotating in.I had some business cards printed up (get the cheapest, plainest, B&W) from Office Depot or similar.

A pocket full of business cards and a tank of gas will always be a learning and rewarding day of marketing.

Max out 50k-60k in credit cards, a new car or two... and do a cash out refi every 2-3 years... pulling out more equity...I had one client who bought their house for $129,000, zero down...

Go to another office...until you hit all in your area...if they all say no...go back to the first one and talk with them again,if they still say no move onto the next one ect.PS one more thing...that 500 you have plan on spending some of it on things like business cards.

#2: Business cards: They should be high gloss and double sided.

Some are even card-carrying members of my "fan club."

Or maybe a tarot card reading?

The hardest part of the job was transporting the window back home, as you can imagine, it's a pretty big window, last thing I wanted was a broken window.