<prompt> Human: So our rent is due today, we have until the 3rd to pay before we get our notice to pay our quit. We are approximately 250 short and are looking for the best option to get this by the 3rd. Ive searched this forum and the only thing I can really find is dont get a payday loan or try to get a credit card, but this is to pay rent so we need cash. Would a cash advance in a credit card be high interest? We both get paid on Friday and would have the 250 then to payback anything we borrowed. Is it still a bad idea to get a payday loan in that situation? We would ask our parents but we actually hit them up the last 2 months for our rent and we cant ask again. Were moving to a cheaper place when our lease is up in April. Any advice would be appreciated.  <response>: The problem with payday loans are that you are selling your future income to solve an immediate problem. If youre so tight on money this month that you cant come up with rent, how are you going to come up with rent next month when you are out 250 insane interest on the payday loan?Are you then going to take out another payday loan to pay next months rent?And thus the cycle begins. 