Do you know how to repair credit?

by Lee Beattie Credit repair companies must provide this in a written contract that also spells out just what services are to be performed, ... anything to fix your credit. Credit repair is the action of sending out letters to the credit reporting ... or repair credit from bad to good. Negative credit costs you extra thousands and there appears [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 09:05:21

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Weekend Reading: August 24, 2008

I’m going to keep this round up nice and short since my family isn’t doing so well with cold and fever running rampant ... closer before forming your opinion. Credit Report Versus Credit Score at Free From Broke – A nice primer that distinguishes credit report from credit score. 4 Things That We Can Do to Fix Our National [more...]

Date: 2008-08-24 04:31:38

12 Common Credit Report Myths

12 Common Credit Report Myths In these troubled economic times, when discussing Newport Beach Real Estate with customers, ... . Bad news comes off in seven years. 12. I can always pay someone to fix or repair my credit ... the topic turns to loans, which of course, turns into a conversation about credit scores. Banks [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 00:29:45

How Women Can Fix Their Credit Before Applying for a Job: Part 1 — Credit Scores and Credit Reports

a guest post by Michelle Dunn credit debit card charge (www.bizchicksrule.com) ... a job interview because of some bad credit they may have. More and more employers are checking ... of the 3 credit bureaus to provide you with a free copy of your credit report annually at your request. Don’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 10:18:26

How To Fix Your Credit Score

One of ten Americans face the problem of having terrible credit scores or credit reports. If your one of them and are searching for a program to repair your credit, and are a few good solutions for you to look into. Post Excerpt from: BecomingWhoYouWantToBe . Click "read article" to see complete version. Looking for more information on business, success and careers? Visit our affiliate sites: Health Wealth & Happiness and Finding My Passion in Life . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-21 21:35:41

If It's My Credit Report, Why Can't I Fix It Or Always Have It For Free?

For all the concerns people have about internet search, privacy and "all that info Google knows about us," ... -- it's just some company that chooses to report my credit history without my consent or cooperation. Nevertheless ... , to see the actual number listed, I'd need to request a copy of my credit report, and that would [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 18:34:10

How to Select the Right Company When Looking for a Credit Attorney

September 2, 2009 | By Ben and Casey In Finance | by Ben and CaseyCleaning up past mistakes on a credit report is not a pleasant experience. There are basically two ways of going about the credit repair process.Many people decide first to fix their own credit only to discover the process is much more involved than they expected. Below are several reasons why you may consider choosing a top rate credit attorney at a price almost anyone can afford. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-03 00:43:04

Economic Crisis – Credit Crisis

I was shocked when I heard the news about the another 84,868 homes lost because of foreclosures just in October last month ... . More and more people are also suffering from bad credit reports. Imagine if you don’t have knowledge in fixing bad credit. Luckily there is a company like RMCN credit services that will help [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 00:15:44

Credit Repair Attorney: How to Decide if You Need One to Clean up Negative Items

Cleaning up past mistakes on a credit report is not a pleasant experience. There are basically two ways of going about the credit repair process.Many people decide first to fix their own credit only to discover the process is much more involved than they expected. This is because they are trying to save a few dollars by going the inexpensive route. Unfortunately you may discover that repairing bad credit is one of those projects that only appears easy. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-03 00:59:38

Fixing Your Credit Is Not A Guessing Game

confused If you have bad credit, correcting the problem may feel like an overwhelming task ... aspect of your report. The credit score shows your report on a continuum that usually ranges ... . Understanding what happened, how it impacted your credit, and eventually improving your credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 11:00:35

Fix Your Life In 2009

24 ways to fix your life in 2009 From credit reports to skin care and college tuition to high heels, it’s all here. Friday, January 02, 2009Whew!Last year at this time, we were wondering if it could get any worse.It did. Trouble in the subprime market exploded into an across-the-board rout. The credit crunch evolved into a global financial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:44:41

Thinking of credit repair? Think twice

You’ve probably heard ads promising to fix bad credit ... having money trouble. No one can remove accurate negative information from anyone’s credit report ... to the FTC’s brochure titled Credit Repair: How to Help Yourself, here’s how to tell if the company [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 12:06:26

Becoming a Subprime Society

From MarketWatch: Foreclosures could top 8 million: ... to a recent report. Credit Suisse’s fixed-income research team forecast that 8.1 million mortgages ... Credit Suisse More than 8 million mortgages could go into foreclosure in coming years in the wake [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 11:35:04

How Women Can Fix Their Credit Before Applying for a Job: Part 2 — Debt and Budgeting

a guest post by Michelle Dunn (www.bizchicksrule.com) ... I ran into a bad situation and turned to a credit counseling service that was a scam and I spent money ... — Earlier today, we talked about credit reports and credit scores. Now, let’s talk about managing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 16:25:41

Consolidating Student Loans

With higher education costs on the rise, many people these days have several student loans ... will go up and even get better as you pay off that loan. It will not be an instantaneous fix as credit companies can take up to six months to report a drop of a loan off your report. But if you don’t use your credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:54:49

Don’t Be Taken By Debt Consolidation or Credit Counseling Scams

Your credit cards are maxed out.  Your mortgage is spiraling out of control.  You have fallen behind on your car payments ... is that there is no “magical solution” to credit repair.  Even those companies which decide to report negative ... your debt by 50% and they will fix your credit overnight.  You call them, looking [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 23:25:22

Beware of Credit Repair Scams

2009 may go down as the year when more Americans resolve to fix their credit than at any time in history – because high scores are now a requisite ... errors from your credit report. But at a hefty price for something you can do yourself. Others ... and paid them before they showed you results, call the FTC at 877-FTC-HELP and report them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:55:48

All You Wanted to Know of Bad Credit

Martin Henderson is in a fix these days. Because of his failure to repay a loan he had taken a few years back, ... . If not, then they report the matter to the credit reference agencies. Credit reference agencies ... the judgement irrevocable. Individual voluntary arrangements are another form of bad credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 04:58:12

Considering Credit Counseling?

by Rob Kosberg Although repairing your own credit is highly recommended, it is sometimes beyond what you believe to be our capability ... you will find an abundance of agencies with magical sounding claims about fixing your credit ... questions. You’re going to want to find out how the process may affect your credit report, debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:38:53

Random Weekend Reader

SINCE I’M BROKE and the economy has been tanking I’ve been perusing a lot of economics blogs ... , ways to avoid medical bankruptcy, and how to write letters to fix your credit report. Cons: many [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 00:46:18

How to Fix Bad Credit and Reduce Stress

All of us have made financial mistakes at one point or another; after all, we are only human. However, the trick here is to not live with the problems that come along when you have bad credit any longer than necessary.All information, regardless if it is good or bad, will stay on your credit report ... [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 19:17:09

Deal with Credit Before Divorce

by Rob Kosberg When you are about to file for divorce, you know that this is a horrible experience no matter how much you want to do it ... . Legal advice may help with this. Finances should be worked out, if at all possible, before the divorce is completed. Credit reports for each partner need to be secured, examined and fixed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:06:48

Redirection Report

Redirection Report July 16th, 2008 Brian Krebs had an interesting report over at the Washington Post that cited a report from Indiana ... around to fixing. Redirects are not fixed, XSS is not fixed. These issues still exist all over Google ... understanding this in the main stream media, but let’s not give credit to companies that are clearly [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 22:47:06

Update: who is going into foreclosure?

How do we help people in foreclosure? Or, is the question still, do we help people in foreclosure ... delinquent again within 10 months, according to a Credit Suisse report. A couple of disturbing numbers ... has proved hard to fix: Falling home prices: More than 23 percent of home owners with a mortgage owe [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 13:41:47

Your Chevy’s engine may suddenly explode!

p2pnet news view | Security:- Ever have one of those old jalopies you just can’t seem to get rid of? ... patch for the first time since April 2007, it’s fixing a critical flaw that hasn’t been reported ... for an exploit to occur. So give them credit for being proactive. Still, it’s kind of like GM issuing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 12:29:51

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK Report

I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark at the Continental Theatre on 01/14/09 at 9pm. With one notable exception, the entire experience was awesome ... current releases may find their own place in the flashback series. To Mike's credit, he vowed ... to fix it immediately.  It was fixed as Indy rode his horse down the hill toward the truck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:13:59

Mortgage Refinancing Rates

by Ray Lam If you are a homeowner in the process of refinancing your mortgage, proper comparison shopping can save you thousands of dollars ... quotes so the lenders do not access your credit reports until you are ready to submit the application ... have several loan options. Usually, homeowners refinance to lock in a low fixed rate. This way [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 11:04:19

Should a Venture Capitalist be Head of the SBA?

I was starting to get really impressed with President Elect Obama’s cabinet choices ... doesn’t provide credit access to enough small businesses. So my question is: how will we fix ... States, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 04:43:15

Less Than the Sum of Their Auto Parts

Being in the auto-parts business these days has a bit of a “gerbil on a treadmill” quality to it ... pessimistic about the future of a number of these companies, particularly after Tuesday’s report ... Credit-default swaps of TRW (green) and American Axle (blue) have widened dramatically. (Source [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 16:00:33

Recession Gets Worse - The Fix Won’t Kill Ya

Recessions have a ripple effect on countries. Problems that start in one sector quickly spread to another ... and the real estate bubble, is now affecting job (the highest unemployment level in 16 years), credit ... released a report today highlighting the crisis. Here’s the key finding: Nationally, to maintain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:08:39

Could It Be ….. Recovery? If So, Hurry Up Already

I’m starting to like this 78-day presidential transition period more and more. That’s because in another 30 days or so, the economy might (emphasis might) generate sufficiently convincing evidence that it’s fixing itself. Of course it’ ... freeze” on credit to worthy borrowers has struck me as absurd for the three months. The reported [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 17:29:55

Identity Theft 911

By Joe Farinaccio How to handle an identity theft 911 emergency Discovering you’re the victim of ID Theft is what we call an identity theft 911 ... it will take at least 200 hours to fix or repair your records (And this is IF you uncover ID fraud as soon as it happens AND begin contacting credit reporting agencies, creditors and agencies quickly [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 11:41:28

The coming tax revolt

By Fester: Kat, via e-mail asks a very good question: ... breaks, holds on foreclosures, delays on credit reporting, and most significantly at the local level ... . People want to make that pain go away without the costs of fixing the greater problems [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 13:41:05

New Home Sales Grinding To Halt

As Congress discusses options on how to fix the credit markets in the U.S., new home sales dip to their lowest levels since January of 1991. The latest report from the Commerce Department shows newly built single family homes fell 11.5 percent in August which is also 34.5 percent lower than one year ago. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 06:12:27

3rd Wave of Foreclosure Hits The Jobless

People With Traditional Mortgages Who Have Lost Their Jobs Are Now Facing Foreclosure (CBS) ... up. With a government job, good credit, and a 30 year fixed rate loan on her southern California house, Judy ... swept up are not greedy investors, or people who got in over their heads with bad loans, reports CBS [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 06:00:20

Crisis? What Crisis?

Dennis Kneale on the Housing and Credit Crisis, June 27 2008 Dennis ... an isolated problem and that we already are working to fix it. I have to give credit to Dennis Kneale ... National Association of REALTORS®Back to the President’s Report Voices of Real Estate – [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 19:00:54

US News and World Report: The End of the Shopaholic Nation? (pfblogs.org)

Ideas we've been presenting since blog inception i.e. the Pooring of America - are starting to gain fame in the mainstream media. Again, gas dropping 50 cents is not going to fix the consumers problem. I don't care ... credit, and that credit is drying up by the day. Then in the past decade as the middle class loses [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 21:59:02

Antivirus 2008 and Personal Finance

Sunday morning, I woke up feeling pretty under the weather ... the crisis has past, particularly in the form of your credit report, depending on how the crisis ... to the Antivirus 2008 virus is that it wants you to buy an “antivirus” program to fix what’s goig [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 09:52:19

Security Vulnerability Found in Safari RSS

Security Vulnerability Found in Safari RSS Tuesday January 13, 2009 12:10 PM EST Written by Eric Slivka ... browser until Apple issues a patch. Mastenbrook, who has received credit from Apple for reporting a number of security issues over the past year, says that Apple has not given a timeframe for a fix [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:10:59

Telemarketer calling from 901-314-9766 (Memphis, TN)

Ray Serrano reported a Telemarketer (9013149766 from Memphis area, TN) . The following comments were posted: Sends text message to visit http:mrbox.777host.us for credit fix. Affiliate code: vpsMV4w Permalink: http://www.numberinvestigator.com/phone/901-314-9766.html [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 18:51:52

Secondary Sources: Jobs and Recession, CPI Defense, Britain

A roundup of economic news from around the Web. Jobs and Recession: Ahead of today’s jobs report, ... is that Britain is simply going to have to take it on the chin for a while. There is no easy fix, no return to the days of plucking credit cards and mortgages off trees. Sterling was overvalued [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 16:23:00

Finance - Books on Personal Loans

by Jorg Maurer Personal loans and all the terminology that goes with it can make your head spin after awhile ... issues including fixing up homes, then this book will give you calibre information in both areas ... , there have been a couple of which yield we report upon how to compensate off debt, together with credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:40:29

Don't eat yellowsn0w!

Hello all, We wish you a very happy, healthy, and hopeful 2009! Once you have installed yellowsn0w, please report your success or failure here ... application, 0.9.6 beta should fix EVEN MORE problems :-). Please remember to add feedback - here ... items such as “top up” “get credit” “lotto numbers” etc. These menu items confuse the application [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 11:36:00

What do you think about deflation?

The economy just might be on the way to “fixing” itself, if it doesn’t destroy itself first ... more businesses could go under. Bad. Of course, in the long term, lower profit points could mean ... their credit, etc. That would be good. The New York Times reports that construction on new houses [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 15:22:55

Already Missing Sarah Palin?

Via Politico's Mike Allen, Newsweek has got your post-election Palin withdrawal fix: ... -level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found ... much more of this sort of finger-pointing. A recent report by the New Yorker said that Bill [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 16:44:14

Britain fails the Crockery Shop Rule in Iraq

There are various versions of the Crockery Shop (or Pottery Barn) test but the essence is: If you break it, you own it ... , credit should go to President Bush for rejecting two years ago the report by the bipartisan Iraq Study ... had entered Iraq we had a responsibility to fix the chaos that ensued. Portillomichaelst Former [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 07:13:00

Take a little less yield on a CD, keep a bank in business

Today Justin is out doing what in the news business we call "reporting ... in the first place. "Higher rates are a short-term fix," says Camden Fine, president and CEO ... and businesses supposed to be starved for credit? I asked [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 19:08:15

Don't Blame the Internet

Credit: Technology ReviewLast year, after the social-networking site MySpace found that its members included some 29,000 registered sex offenders, the nation's top state prosecutors demanded a technological fix, asking that the industry "explore ... to any significant degree," says the report, written by the Internet Safety Technical Task Force [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:44:00

Falling Out Of A Bed That Gets Higher Every Day

The Herald Tribune reports from Florida. “Mark Brivik, a real estate investor who made a living buying, fixing up and selling houses on Longboat Key and other parts of Southwest Florida, has filed ... off her credit cards and ripped them up.” Still, even without credit card debt, Lesso is struggling [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 14:34:43

Timothy Geithner: Obama's Teflon Treasury Secretary

by James Pethokoukis, USA News & World Report Who is Timothy Geithner that upon news of his impending nomination by Barack Obama, ... in creating the housing and credit crisis?" "How does tax policy affect economic growth?" "What should be done to fix Social Security?" "Should the government more directly aid homeowners?" "What is the growth [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 16:32:17

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