Wednesday, July 24, 2013

credit woes...

currently at 541... need to get to 600


Credit Repair in No Time… uh-huh…

·         Lena explained that paying off the debts, while nice, isn't necessarily the only path to bringing up my credit score.

o    more emphasis on recent history:

§  keeping the balances of your revolving accounts low

·         prefer that you have a balance below 30% of your limit

·         some kudos for getting them below 50%

§  paying your bills on time

§  having some account history

·         creditboards.com

o    discussion forum with more information than you could ever want for any situation, plus a lot of experts who have "been there and done that," who will answer your questions and give advice. I highly recommend it!

·         go through your credit report and dispute any items that are questionable or reported incorrectly.

o    write to the credit reporting agencies

o    ask them to remove the item or make the necessary correction

o    If they claim that the information is correct

§  write to the creditor to ask them to report the correct information

o    Creditboards.com also suggests writing to your creditors to ask for a "goodwill adjustment" and remove late payment notations from your credit report

·         Getting our balances down was the single largest contributor to our increased credit score,

o    we did manage to get both of our scores past the 600 mark

§  Every month that we kept them that way, we gained an extra couple of points

§  will continue to do so as long as we keep them down and pay our bills on time

·         Getting a late payment

·         opening a new account

·         maxing out a card will set us way back

·         When you've done this for about six months, talk to a couple of mortgage brokers and see if there is something they can do for you. Good Luck!


Here's where i got the advice... click the word here... =)

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