May 8, 2010
February 9, 2010
Self Credit Repair – Part II
Robert Enriquez asked:
It is very important to strategize your disputes in order to have a successful outcome. Not many borrowers are aware that deleting negative items on your credit report can hurt your score. One of the main factors in a credit score is the ‘credit history’. Whether it’s positive/negative it will impact your score in a positive/negative way.
Derogatory accounts can be on your credit report for up to 7yrs from last activity. The activity is being reported for ‘credit history’ and accounts for 15% of your score. If the derog is much older than most of your credit accounts it is actually the account that is giving the positive affect on the score. If you delete this derogatory it WILL lower your score.
Bankruptcies have been deleted from credit reports, and the scores have dropped with many individuals! Generally, a person who files bankruptcy starts rebuilding their credit after 2yrs. All credit items listed under a bankruptcy is UNRATED towards your credit score. The actual bankruptcy (listed under the Public Records section of your credit report) is the item that is RATED. Many disputers are baffled when items listed under a bankruptcy doesn’t raise the credit score after being deleted. Make sure to compare the credit items on your credit report before disputing any items.
These helpful factors can help you dispute effectively:
1. When the account was open
2. When the account was first/last reported
3. Last account activity date
4. Original Creditor or Collection Company
5. Duplicates with different companies for same account.
6. Hard credit inquiries
7. Transfer/Sold/Paid dates
8. 1st Delinquency date.
One of the foolish mistakes a Credit Repair agency may make is attempting to delete an item (from the original creditor), because of late payments. What they’re not realizing is that if the account is ‘closed’ or has been inactive for a while, the original creditor is less likely to respond back to the Credit Bureau. This will result in a ‘deletion’ of a credit item in your ‘credit history’. They should be requesting ‘payment history validation’ to result in ‘NEVER LATE’ on your credit report. Collection, bankruptcy, and lien items cannot be used for this tactic.
Ella
It is very important to strategize your disputes in order to have a successful outcome. Not many borrowers are aware that deleting negative items on your credit report can hurt your score. One of the main factors in a credit score is the ‘credit history’. Whether it’s positive/negative it will impact your score in a positive/negative way.
Derogatory accounts can be on your credit report for up to 7yrs from last activity. The activity is being reported for ‘credit history’ and accounts for 15% of your score. If the derog is much older than most of your credit accounts it is actually the account that is giving the positive affect on the score. If you delete this derogatory it WILL lower your score.
Bankruptcies have been deleted from credit reports, and the scores have dropped with many individuals! Generally, a person who files bankruptcy starts rebuilding their credit after 2yrs. All credit items listed under a bankruptcy is UNRATED towards your credit score. The actual bankruptcy (listed under the Public Records section of your credit report) is the item that is RATED. Many disputers are baffled when items listed under a bankruptcy doesn’t raise the credit score after being deleted. Make sure to compare the credit items on your credit report before disputing any items.
These helpful factors can help you dispute effectively:
1. When the account was open
2. When the account was first/last reported
3. Last account activity date
4. Original Creditor or Collection Company
5. Duplicates with different companies for same account.
6. Hard credit inquiries
7. Transfer/Sold/Paid dates
8. 1st Delinquency date.
One of the foolish mistakes a Credit Repair agency may make is attempting to delete an item (from the original creditor), because of late payments. What they’re not realizing is that if the account is ‘closed’ or has been inactive for a while, the original creditor is less likely to respond back to the Credit Bureau. This will result in a ‘deletion’ of a credit item in your ‘credit history’. They should be requesting ‘payment history validation’ to result in ‘NEVER LATE’ on your credit report. Collection, bankruptcy, and lien items cannot be used for this tactic.
Ella
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October 4, 2009
FICO Credit Score Repair
Zach Ford asked:
If you need tips to repair your FICO credit rating, you are not alone. More people in the USA suffer from poor credit all the time. It is unfortunate because a bad FICO credit score can hurt your chances of getting good terms and a lower interest rate on loans and other financial products. You may even be denied the opportunity to get a credit card if your credit score is so low.
You could raise your FICO score by paying a higher interest rate on your mortgage for the first few years. If you are not late with any payments and do not miss any payments, you will be able to repair your credit. At this point in your strategy, you could receive the prime rate that is usually reserved for people with an exemplary credit history.
If you have enough equity in your property, you may be eligible to consolidate your mortgage with your outstanding debt, which will reduce your interest rate. This is because the interest rates of the mortgage are lower than the average credit card or loan interest rates. Your monthly payments will be reduced which could make paying your bills much easier.
One more tip for raising your credit score is to stop trying to get more credit in an effort to find better terms or a lower interest rate. Every time you apply for more credit, the lender institution may look at your credit score to determine whether you are reliable as a customer for their services. If you apply to many loan or credit companies who all check your credit report, the credit-reporting agency will lower your credit score because you are applying for too much credit at once. You need to refrain from applying for credit in an effort to improve your credit score.
Applying these tips to repair your credit rating to your strategy of regaining good credit can be effective when you are serious about improving your financial picture. Your credit score is important to your future financial happiness.
Kathryn
If you need tips to repair your FICO credit rating, you are not alone. More people in the USA suffer from poor credit all the time. It is unfortunate because a bad FICO credit score can hurt your chances of getting good terms and a lower interest rate on loans and other financial products. You may even be denied the opportunity to get a credit card if your credit score is so low.
You could raise your FICO score by paying a higher interest rate on your mortgage for the first few years. If you are not late with any payments and do not miss any payments, you will be able to repair your credit. At this point in your strategy, you could receive the prime rate that is usually reserved for people with an exemplary credit history.
If you have enough equity in your property, you may be eligible to consolidate your mortgage with your outstanding debt, which will reduce your interest rate. This is because the interest rates of the mortgage are lower than the average credit card or loan interest rates. Your monthly payments will be reduced which could make paying your bills much easier.
One more tip for raising your credit score is to stop trying to get more credit in an effort to find better terms or a lower interest rate. Every time you apply for more credit, the lender institution may look at your credit score to determine whether you are reliable as a customer for their services. If you apply to many loan or credit companies who all check your credit report, the credit-reporting agency will lower your credit score because you are applying for too much credit at once. You need to refrain from applying for credit in an effort to improve your credit score.
Applying these tips to repair your credit rating to your strategy of regaining good credit can be effective when you are serious about improving your financial picture. Your credit score is important to your future financial happiness.
Kathryn
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October 1, 2009
Credit Repair Tips for Consumers
Roger Passman asked:
Many Americans have had problems with credit, sometimes through no fault of their own. Perhaps you are one of those Americans that have experienced difficulty with credit, perhaps you have maintained a stellar credit history, but your credit report tells a different story. The sad fact is that nearly 80 percent of the credit reports issued in the United States contain correctable errors.
Whether you have experienced some problems with credit in the past or your credit report does not clearly or truthfully represent your credit history, a less than flattering credit report may mean the you are denied credit altogether or will be asked to pay a significantly higher rate of interest than someone with a higher FICO credit score.
There are some very simple things that can be done to improve one’s credit score that require little or no effort on your part. For example:
Avoid overspending by establishing a realistic and manageable budget If your debt to income ratio exceeds 25% take steps to reduce that ratio. Try to keep your debt to income ration under 15% thereby allowing a cushion for emergency needs. If you haven’t done so, establish a savings account, an investment account and begin to build a financial cushion. Even when money is tight, one can save a minimum amount each paycheck. If you can save through tax sheltered savings through your employment all the better. The point is save for your future. Get regular copies of your credit reports. Read and understand those reports. It often helps to consult a professional in the field to help you interpret what the reports mean. If you discover errors on the report, and the probability that you will is high, get them fixed immediately. If you don’t know where to start, consult an expert. Don’t avoid your creditors. If you have come on hard times the worst thing you can do is avoid your creditors. The bottom line is they want to get paid without having to take drastic steps to collect what is due them. Talking to the creditor, negotiating a deal you can live with, and making the agreed upon payments goes a long way to add positive information to your credit report. If your credit report is less than perfect it helps to get positive information added to your credit report. If you don’t know how to do this, consult an expert in the field. Finally, protect your Social Security number at all costs. Don’t give the number out to anyone but a trusted person. Don’t ever fill in your SSN on an unsecured web site. When asked to verify your SSN ask the person to read it off to you and you will tell them if they are correct. If they won’t do this you are being scammed. Ask if you can just verify the last four digits of your SSN. If this is not acceptable then you are being scammed. Ask if there are alternate identification numbers you can use other than your SSN. If not, then you must conclude that you are being scammed.
This advice is simple to follow. The consequences for not following these simple suggestions can be devastating. One client I am currently working with is paying over 20% interest on a car loan because of errors on his credit report. His car payments include over $300.00 of interest each and every month he makes a car payment. If he cannot refinance this car he may pay up to $15,000 extra in interest over a 60 month period than if he were able to finance the car at a reasonable rate through a prime lender. Your credit report tells an important story. Make certain it tells the right one.
Dennis
Many Americans have had problems with credit, sometimes through no fault of their own. Perhaps you are one of those Americans that have experienced difficulty with credit, perhaps you have maintained a stellar credit history, but your credit report tells a different story. The sad fact is that nearly 80 percent of the credit reports issued in the United States contain correctable errors.
Whether you have experienced some problems with credit in the past or your credit report does not clearly or truthfully represent your credit history, a less than flattering credit report may mean the you are denied credit altogether or will be asked to pay a significantly higher rate of interest than someone with a higher FICO credit score.
There are some very simple things that can be done to improve one’s credit score that require little or no effort on your part. For example:
Avoid overspending by establishing a realistic and manageable budget If your debt to income ratio exceeds 25% take steps to reduce that ratio. Try to keep your debt to income ration under 15% thereby allowing a cushion for emergency needs. If you haven’t done so, establish a savings account, an investment account and begin to build a financial cushion. Even when money is tight, one can save a minimum amount each paycheck. If you can save through tax sheltered savings through your employment all the better. The point is save for your future. Get regular copies of your credit reports. Read and understand those reports. It often helps to consult a professional in the field to help you interpret what the reports mean. If you discover errors on the report, and the probability that you will is high, get them fixed immediately. If you don’t know where to start, consult an expert. Don’t avoid your creditors. If you have come on hard times the worst thing you can do is avoid your creditors. The bottom line is they want to get paid without having to take drastic steps to collect what is due them. Talking to the creditor, negotiating a deal you can live with, and making the agreed upon payments goes a long way to add positive information to your credit report. If your credit report is less than perfect it helps to get positive information added to your credit report. If you don’t know how to do this, consult an expert in the field. Finally, protect your Social Security number at all costs. Don’t give the number out to anyone but a trusted person. Don’t ever fill in your SSN on an unsecured web site. When asked to verify your SSN ask the person to read it off to you and you will tell them if they are correct. If they won’t do this you are being scammed. Ask if you can just verify the last four digits of your SSN. If this is not acceptable then you are being scammed. Ask if there are alternate identification numbers you can use other than your SSN. If not, then you must conclude that you are being scammed.
This advice is simple to follow. The consequences for not following these simple suggestions can be devastating. One client I am currently working with is paying over 20% interest on a car loan because of errors on his credit report. His car payments include over $300.00 of interest each and every month he makes a car payment. If he cannot refinance this car he may pay up to $15,000 extra in interest over a 60 month period than if he were able to finance the car at a reasonable rate through a prime lender. Your credit report tells an important story. Make certain it tells the right one.
Dennis
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September 4, 2009
Credit Repair Forms
Patsy Rose asked:
There are several credit repair forms that you may need if you are trying to increase your credit score on your own. Some of these credit repair forms are included in credit repair kits and credit repair companies have copies of these forms. There are no guidelines which are particularly critical to achieve credit repair. These are simply suggestions that have worked for other people.
One credit repair form that is absolutely necessary is your own personal credit report. Each of the three major credit bureaus, Experian, TransUnion and Equifax maintain records of your credit history with regards to timely payments and other information. You may obtain a free copy of your credit report once per year at http://www.annualcreditreport.com. The Federal Trade Commission advises that you spell it correctly or you may end up at an impostor site.
Another of the credit repair forms that is useful is a sample letter to send to the credit bureau. This letter is actually very simple. There is one suggested letter at the Federal Trade Commission’s website. What you are trying to accomplish with this “credit repair form” is to have inaccurate, misleading or unverifiable information removed from your credit report. Removing negative, not positive, information from your credit report will improve your overall credit score.
Often, when a consumer disputes information listed on their credit report, a follow-up letter is needed. This “follow-up letter” is a credit repair form that is used when the credit bureau does not respond to the initial request to remove negative information from the credit report. Credit bureaus have the right to ignore disputes which they believe are frivolous.
Some credit repair kits include letters to creditors. These credit repair forms are addressed to the creditors who have reported negative information to the credit bureaus and include information about when the incident occurred or information about positive performance since the negative item was reported. This credit repair form is not absolutely necessary. You may be able to discuss this type of problem over the phone with the lending company.
There are many credit repair forms which are suggested by individuals or credit repair companies. If you have the time and the patience, you can increase your credit score by using some or all or these credit repair forms. If you do not have the time or the patience, you can contact a credit repair specialist to help you. It is advisable to contact a lawyer which specializes in credit repair. A consumer can be confident that the credit repair forms used by these lawyers are completely legal. For more information about the credit repair form, visit the Credit Repair Blog.
Roberto
There are several credit repair forms that you may need if you are trying to increase your credit score on your own. Some of these credit repair forms are included in credit repair kits and credit repair companies have copies of these forms. There are no guidelines which are particularly critical to achieve credit repair. These are simply suggestions that have worked for other people.
One credit repair form that is absolutely necessary is your own personal credit report. Each of the three major credit bureaus, Experian, TransUnion and Equifax maintain records of your credit history with regards to timely payments and other information. You may obtain a free copy of your credit report once per year at http://www.annualcreditreport.com. The Federal Trade Commission advises that you spell it correctly or you may end up at an impostor site.
Another of the credit repair forms that is useful is a sample letter to send to the credit bureau. This letter is actually very simple. There is one suggested letter at the Federal Trade Commission’s website. What you are trying to accomplish with this “credit repair form” is to have inaccurate, misleading or unverifiable information removed from your credit report. Removing negative, not positive, information from your credit report will improve your overall credit score.
Often, when a consumer disputes information listed on their credit report, a follow-up letter is needed. This “follow-up letter” is a credit repair form that is used when the credit bureau does not respond to the initial request to remove negative information from the credit report. Credit bureaus have the right to ignore disputes which they believe are frivolous.
Some credit repair kits include letters to creditors. These credit repair forms are addressed to the creditors who have reported negative information to the credit bureaus and include information about when the incident occurred or information about positive performance since the negative item was reported. This credit repair form is not absolutely necessary. You may be able to discuss this type of problem over the phone with the lending company.
There are many credit repair forms which are suggested by individuals or credit repair companies. If you have the time and the patience, you can increase your credit score by using some or all or these credit repair forms. If you do not have the time or the patience, you can contact a credit repair specialist to help you. It is advisable to contact a lawyer which specializes in credit repair. A consumer can be confident that the credit repair forms used by these lawyers are completely legal. For more information about the credit repair form, visit the Credit Repair Blog.
Roberto
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