How to Make Money on 0% Interest Credit Cards

If you're credit is strong enough to garner the attention of credit card companies offering 0% introductory interest rates, then you surely have the discipline to do the steps necessary in order to make money from your new credit card.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Once you have accepted a 0% interest credit card, get a cash advance on the card.

2. Don't cash advance the entire limit. Using the entire limit of a card could actually lower your FICO score. Instead cash advance somewhere from 5-10% of the card's value.

3. Look into money market accounts either at your own bank or another. Find the bank that offers the highest interest rates on their money market accounts, open up an account, and place your cash advance in the bank.

4. Usually, credit cards offer their introductory rates for a period of 6 months to a year. For that time period allow interest to grow on your cash advance in your money market account.

5. Once the period is close to being up, withdraw the cash advance, minus the your newly acquired interest, and send it back to your credit card, paying off the balance. The interest you have made in your account is free money.

Tips & Warnings

• You need to be disciplined. You can't touch the money you have deposited into your account.
• It is best not to use the credit card until you have paid off the balance from the cash advance. Remember you don't want to create a high balance on your card, and you have already cash advanced the recommended balance percentage.