The simple steps to better credit
There isn't one person out there that has never experienced a bad credit mark. Yes, some people have a larger list of bad marks than others, every one of us is in one of just a few possible places with regard to bad credit marks. Your reports are either perfect / nearly perfect, or they need some help fast, or they are shot to hell, and credit is a thing of the past.
It doesn't matter where you fall in the list or how you got there, the bottom line is having the ability to remove these bad marks, your or not, is truly an asset. Even if your Mr./Mrs. Perfect you will someday be faced with at least an error on your report and knowing the steps to remove such an error is quite necessary.
There are no guarantees when it comes to fixing your credit, but a little knowledge of the following and some persistence can provide you with some amazing results and those results can save you literally thousands of dollars, even thousands of dollars a year. Think about it.
Step one is to order all of your reports. You can either find an online resource for this or write to the credit reporting agencies directly. You will need a current copy of your Experian, Trans-union, and Equifax reports. Step 1 is to thoroughly go through the reports and identify the marks that are injurious. Next you want challenge the accuracy of the mark. You must use a little common sense here. Not all marks are going to just fall off.
If it's a large debt that is not that old chances are your challenge will be met with a phone call from a debt collector to pay up. Sometimes this is welcome because negotiating the payoff and getting the account listed as paid, makes it far more easy to remove.
Ideally you want your bad mark to be at a point where there is no reason for an office worker to get off their lazy butt and respond to the credit bureaus about your challenge. If $5,000 is on the line they may put down the hamburger and reply, if however it's a situation that's been settled or so old they don't have any information they may choose to finish their burger instead.
At the point that the bad mark becomes settled then there is no real benefit for the creditor to respond to your challenge. I've seen a 70% success rate at this point. Beyond that it's a matter of thoroughly challenging the mark.
I personally like to write directly on the credit report - "This item is not accurate, I have never been late on any payments to this company. - Please verify and remove and forwarded me an updated copy of my credit report upon completion of your investigation."
The fact is, repairing credit is fun and rewarding. If you want to provide a good service to the community get good at this and offer your services to your community. Let's face it, in the coming years this will be a service everyone need, and finding someone that knows how to do it isn't that easy.
It doesn't matter where you fall in the list or how you got there, the bottom line is having the ability to remove these bad marks, your or not, is truly an asset. Even if your Mr./Mrs. Perfect you will someday be faced with at least an error on your report and knowing the steps to remove such an error is quite necessary.
There are no guarantees when it comes to fixing your credit, but a little knowledge of the following and some persistence can provide you with some amazing results and those results can save you literally thousands of dollars, even thousands of dollars a year. Think about it.
Step one is to order all of your reports. You can either find an online resource for this or write to the credit reporting agencies directly. You will need a current copy of your Experian, Trans-union, and Equifax reports. Step 1 is to thoroughly go through the reports and identify the marks that are injurious. Next you want challenge the accuracy of the mark. You must use a little common sense here. Not all marks are going to just fall off.
If it's a large debt that is not that old chances are your challenge will be met with a phone call from a debt collector to pay up. Sometimes this is welcome because negotiating the payoff and getting the account listed as paid, makes it far more easy to remove.
Ideally you want your bad mark to be at a point where there is no reason for an office worker to get off their lazy butt and respond to the credit bureaus about your challenge. If $5,000 is on the line they may put down the hamburger and reply, if however it's a situation that's been settled or so old they don't have any information they may choose to finish their burger instead.
At the point that the bad mark becomes settled then there is no real benefit for the creditor to respond to your challenge. I've seen a 70% success rate at this point. Beyond that it's a matter of thoroughly challenging the mark.
I personally like to write directly on the credit report - "This item is not accurate, I have never been late on any payments to this company. - Please verify and remove and forwarded me an updated copy of my credit report upon completion of your investigation."
The fact is, repairing credit is fun and rewarding. If you want to provide a good service to the community get good at this and offer your services to your community. Let's face it, in the coming years this will be a service everyone need, and finding someone that knows how to do it isn't that easy.
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credit repair skills are important to every person on the planet. You ought to have some personal knowledge of how to repair bad credit, just like you ought to understand how to balance a check book. Think of the potential benefits. For a complete manual on credit repair strategies visit us at http://www.creditfixing.com
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