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How To Fix Bad Credit Score

If your credit score is below 620, you know how tough it is to get a loan or a credit card with reasonable terms — that is…if you can even get them in the first place. It’s a well known fact that lenders will give people with good credit scores lower interest rates on mortgages, car loans and credit ...

What is a Good Credit Score?

In general, anything above 700 is considered a good credit score, but it’s not that simple. There are many different credit scoring systems with different scales — not to mention individual lenders have their own criteria. In short, a good credit score depends on the scoring system used and your particular lender. However, you can get a good idea of where you ...

Free Equifax Credit Score Card

Don’t get too excited. Equifax is offering a free “Credit Score Card“, which in reality just gives you a range of what your credit score is. And the score is from their “Equifax Risk Score” system, not a FICO score. (You can still get 30% off a real FICO score with MYPOINTS30.) ...

List of Free Specialty Consumer Reports

After my post on requesting your CLUE reports, Reader Bob sent me an exceptionally long and comprehensive list of all the specialty consumer reports that you are entitled to every year. When I wrote my first request your specialty report post, I had about half a dozen… this expands the list by a lot.

I was amazed by the sheer number ...

Restore Your Fico Score – Part One

While obsessing over a FICO score is not a good idea, this is a number that will have a lot of bearing in your life. This number determines whether or not you will be able to get a house, a new credit card, or in many cases, whether or not you will be able to rent an apartment. Lenders and ...

Getting Out of Debt Quickly pt 4

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This is part 4 of a 4 part series on getting out of debt quickly. Make sure that you read all four parts in order to get the most out of this sequence of hints on getting yourself or your family out of the debt trap.

If lenders happen to be offering an interest rate that is a percentage point lower ...

Avoiding Late Fees

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The absolute last thing that we need right now considering the economy is unnecessary late fees. The average fee that is charged for a late payment by a credit card company is a surprising $39 dollars. But when you are literally living from one paycheck to the next and trying to juggle the due dates for so many different bills, ...

How to Undo The Results of Financial Trauma

Whether you’ve lost your home or your job, or your money management skills over the years have left you severely in the hole, it is never to early to start turning things around. You can bounce back from financial trauma, but it will take some effort and dedication on your part. Here are some tips to get you back on ...

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