The only place to obtain free credit reports is from the 3 credit reporting companies, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion, once every year. While there are quite a few companies that promise free credit reports, all of them come with strings attached and further hidden charges. Without exception, all but one of the ‘free credit report’ [...]
Free credit reports are accessible and thank goodness, simply because nowadays, far more people have to have them than ever before! The economic climate has hit most Americans hard. Even people who used credit properly observed themselves out of work and not able to pay their debts. Now more than ever, people are repairing their [...]
There are 4 major methods to improve your credit score. Depending on what your credit report looks like these days, utilizing all four techniques is a total approach that can effortlessly strengthen your credit score by up to 150-200 points (note: benefits differ depending on what score you start out with!)
First, obtain all three of [...]
Eliminating inquiries from your credit report is something that everyone should consider doing. A credit inquiry is when a loan provider or other financial agency runs your credit report when you try for credit with them. Eradicating inquiries from your credit report is a basic aspect of credit repair and will improve your credit score.
There [...]
Staying away from bankruptcy is always a better option than not, but not every person agrees. Depending on who you pay attention to, bankruptcy can be a beneficial or negative thing. Bankruptcy attorneys, who want your business, will inform you that bankruptcy is a process that absolutely everyone does at least once in their life. [...]
Can a credit repair company assure results? Definitely not! That is like a brain surgeon guaranteeing that you will not die on the operating table. Any credit repair company that guarantees that they can raise your credit score or particularly remove detrimental information from your credit report is lying for 2 good reasons.
First, the law [...]
The HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Privacy Rule says that your individual medical information may not be shared unless there is an allowable reason for doing so. HIPPA extends to credit reporting agencies and collection companies as well. For people, HIPPA actually helps in dealing with late medical collection accounts and can [...]
It is common for the consumer to restore their credit reports after their bankruptcy so that they can guarantee that all of the data is reported in the approved manner. The credit reporting companies cannot seem to do their job accurately and the creditors that are not being remunerated on those debts are not in [...]
Once upon a time, there was a little credit card that bought a big car…
To begin, We are not referring to usig your credit card for the down payment, then financing the balance with a typical car loan. We are talking about buying the whole car, lock, stock and barrel, with your credit card. [...]
The moment you realize that your only option is to file for bankruptcy can be a very traumatic time. The legal process for recovering from bankruptcy can be on your credit report for as long as ten years and through that time, any kind of borrowing can be extremely difficult, if not impossible. Still, it [...]