Because I am a man, when one of our appliances stops working I will insist on taking it apart, despite evidence that this will just cost me twice as much once the repair person gets here and has to put it back together.

And on that one, I got into a lot of hot water trying to fix the water heater last year. We had to go without hot water for six days, which is pretty hard to do with three daughters, a wife and all their showers and clothes to wash.

This did not come at a good time. We’re not the Inverness gazillionaires every assumes in this part of the north shore. Our house was built about 100 years before everyone else arrived with their McMansions, so I don’t have a wad of home equity cash to fall back on when I need money. The new hot water heater with installation was going to cost about $1000, and I didn’t know where I’d find the cash.

So my daughter went on the Internet and found this for me: a car title loans company that values my Chevy Van for collateral. I went on the computer at work and filled out the forms at Inverness Title Loans, and the money arrived the next day. Whew — a relief. And hot water for the girls (to get me OUT of the hot water).

By the way Inverness is near Barrington, South Barrington, Palatine, Lake Zurich, and Hoffman Estates.

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