You may be someone who has experienced some difficulties in the past with your credit, but this does not necessarily preclude you from being able to take out a 5000 loan. The process has to be undertaken with a little bit more care than you would expect if you had good credit. This is to be expected as there will always be ramifications associated with having bad credit. But, it is not a waste of time trying.
Before you start you need to get hold of a copy of your credit report. There is a good reason for this. The credit report gets updated everytime a prospective lender reviews it. If you are making multiple applications this can actually cause you additional problems. The way around this is to keep a copy of your uptodate report and provide it to the lender when you apply. This will hopefully allow you to make many more applications than you otherwise would do if you did not have the report to provide.
Remember, the lender will be cautious in lending you money as you will be perceived, and in fact may well be, a higher credit risk than normal for them. This is why the 5000 loan is considered to be a suitable amount. The typical loan repayments over 5 years for a 5000 loan would be in the region of $100 per month and so it is a reasonably affordable amount. Any more and you may begin to struggle. Any less and it is liely that the sum is insufficient for your needs.
The key is to provide the lender with all the information they request promptly. Don’t hide anything, there is no point and if you do and they discover the discrepency then you can say goodbye to your loan application. Expect higher than average interest rates, and possibly some loan arrangement charges, possibly the lender will request that you insure the payments on their debt. All of these things need to be given consideration by you as failure to agree may result in failure to borrow the money.