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Many people find it difficult to get a loan if they have bad credit. For them one of the easy ways to get credit is to have a loan cosigned for them. If you have been asked to cosign a loan by your friend or relative, there are several things you need to consider before asking where to put your John Hancock. Most of us think that it is just a matter of signing our name to the loan application; oh it is really not that much of a deal. WRONG! In reality, by cosigning a loan you are entering into a serious loan transaction. When you sign the loan statement you are promising the loan lender or bank that if your friend or relative (for whom you have cosigned the loan) makes any fault in repaying the loan you will pay the amount. In simple words, the entire responsibility of the loan is on your shoulder. Therefore you need to be very careful while cosigning a loan.