11/02/2026
Never cosign for anybody. Not your kid, not your brother, not your best friend.
Cosigning isn’t vouching for someone. You’re borrowing the money with them.
A $480 car payment counts against you every month while someone else drives the car. Even if they never miss a payment. It’s on you the day you sign, not the day something goes wrong.
Cosign in March, and by October you might find out you can’t buy the house you wanted.
Here’s the test. If you’d hand them the cash and never expect it back, that’s a gift. If you wouldn’t, don’t cosign either. It’s the same decision.