by whataname » Thu May 08, 2008 05:07:18 AM
Hey Sissicanada, the unfortunate part of cosigning loans (guarantor roles) are that you end up being as much responsible as the main applicant and yes it will go on your credit if the payments are bad. Unfortunately there is not much that can be done about this however when I was an Underwriter for a mortgage company I saw on a lot of credit bureau's where clients have called in and asked equifax or transunion to put a notation by the tradeline stating that you are a coapplicant only and they put a little note at the bottom called a consumer declaration stating reason for bad credit is ex. cosigned for my daughters loan but she has not been paying it on time. This gives creditors the idea that it is not necessarily your fault that the tradeline is showing as behind.
Hope that was somewhat helpful