How to Recover From A Bad Credit Rating As A Result of Hard Financial Times

by Darrell PriceRepairing your credit after you have suffered through a crisis such as a bankruptcy, foreclosure or a series of unfortunate financial events is a must if you are going to move on with your life. There is a lot to know about repairing your credit and raising your scores. Don’t worry; it is not difficult with the tips provided in this article.If you want to repair your credit yourself as opposed to letting a company do it for you, then you need to understand the basics of credit repair. [more...]

Date: 2009-07-05 13:35:08

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FICO, FICO un day

The Associated Press apparently frowns on bloggers linking to AP news articles and quoting the first paragraph in its entirety ... annually on credit card and other interest payments by raising their credit scores, but many consumers still don't know enough about the complex numerical values that represent their credit risk [more...]

Date: 2008-07-20 21:53:04

Real Estate: Getting From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be

When I'm driving, and get to busy main streets, I hate turning left onto major streets unless there's a light there ... % financing with a 520 credit score." Three words: Not. Gonna. Happen. But there are alternatives. Seller carry-back or raise your credit score are the first two that come to mind. Given the market right [more...]

Date: 2008-07-20 14:23:38

Maximizing Your Credit Score

In the past few days, I’ve had four new entries for my contest to win a free copy of 7 Steps to 720 ... book. This time I’m giving away a copy of From Credit Repair to Credit Millionaire by Donna L. Fox ... are a few suggestions for raising your credit score as quickly as possible. 1. Increase [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 16:30:59

Maybe Sometimes It’s Not Possible to Save Money

An AFM reader left this comment on my post, You Can Build Wealth Even if You Don’t Make A Lot of Money: I live in the midwest, ... each month (one with a limit of $300, the other $750 - we are using these to raise our credit score ... outreach. (I usually teach 2 classes per year at $400 per credit hour which works out to $1200 gross per [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 16:07:55

37 Days To Clean Credit

a I ain't believe in it at first because I never heard of anybody raising their credit score 135 points in 37 days ... Days! - The 5 Biggest Secrets That The "Credit Repair Experts" Don't Want You To Know About To Cleaning Your Own Credit - The Most Successful Step-By-Step Blueprint To Repair, Build, and Maintain [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 00:07:00

Lastest News in Credit Card Debt - Sep 29, 2008

Cards change America - Akron Beacon Journal 29 Sep 2008 at 4:53am T hey called it the ”Fresno Drop ... ., a small piece of plastic called the BankAmericard. The credit card had arrived, a shiny corkscrew for each recipient … Raising credit scores is key for consumers in time of tight lending - Dallas … [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 14:32:04

How I Raised My Credit Score 40 Points In 24hrs. And Saved $658 A Month In Interest

It’s never easy to talk about credit. Not with friends, not with family, not online, and, most of all, not with myself. Yes, I let a monthly payment go by here and there. I’ve maxed out my share of credit cards. I’ve ... of credit destruction. Yet I couldn’t bring myself to admit that my credit was going downhill. I continued [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 20:06:01

Help a Reader: Money Trouble

Here's a question a reader recently left here: My job closed up I worked for 25 yrs. My new job, I took a $15,000 pay cut a year ... my mortgages on time and never late on card payments, credit score of 735 and a ratio of 95-100%. I’ ... . I'm a single dad, divorced for 7yrs, raising my two kids on my own. Stuck in bad mortgage where [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 19:45:22

This oil man favors a gas-tax hike

If the government raises the cost of driving, it surely would be bad for the energy business. So what's the CEO of Western Refining thinking? ... or more. He's even willing to credit the Europeans with a good idea or two on this score, as he explains [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:26:00

How to Raise My Credit Score

A common question many people have is how to raise their credit scores ... it down! When you have an account with no negative reports, it looks good on the credit report. Don’ ... score is just a bunch of statistics! Get a copy of your credit report and scan for any errors [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:26:13

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