Bad Credit?
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I need some suggestions on how to fix bad credit without having to spend a ton of money to have someone else do it.
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I need some suggestions on how to fix bad credit without having to spend a ton of money to have someone else do it.
October 16th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Pay your bills.
Pay your bills on-time.
Pay more than the minimum payment.
Do not carry a revolving balance that is more than 25% of your available credit.
Repeat the process year after year. AM-NM centaur
October 19th, 2009 at 2:23 am
#1 Never go to those Fix Your Credit companies because they are all scams
#2 You can rebuild your own credit by paying your bills on time; pay more than the minimum; don’t go over your credit limit; keep your balance under 30%
#3 Get a secured credit card to assist in rebuilding your credit and follow the same rules as stated in #2 Sharon F
October 21st, 2009 at 5:56 am
go to. you are allowed 1 free credit report a year. first dispute nething that is wrong on ur report . then click on links n read n they will pretty much help you with what you need. n if u still need help (like me) ask yahoo ?s more ?s. the people on here have helped me alot. good luck (: sassylilb68
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:48 am
If you really want to repair your credit as badly as you say you do, then the first step is to avoid credit repair services. They don’t do anything anymore special than you can do on your own. The first thing that you need to know that knowledge is power. In order to fix your credit, you should know how your credit is scored and how it affects you
1. Payment history- 35%
2. Total debt owed to avialable credit ratio-30%
3. Length of time establishing credit-15%
4. Types of credit established-10%
5. Inquiries and New accounts-10%
With that said, there’s 2 things when it comes to bad debts and collection items that you should be aware of, the FCRA and statute of limitations. These are 2 diffferent things. The FCRA(Fair Credit Reporting Act) is the timeframe that negative items can remain on your report which is 7½ years from the date it first went deliquent. For example if a debt first became delinquent July 10, 2000 the legal limit that the debt can be reported would be January 10, 2008. Also, there is a seperate statute of limitations that varies by state on how long a debt can be legally enforced. This is different from the FCRA, because depending on which state you live in the statute may or may not expire before the FCRA.
here’s a link for that
Another important thing to know is that negative items that are less than 2 years old are hurting your score the most. It’s possible that you can settle much older debts for far less in exchange for getting them removed from your report altogether. This is called a “pay to delete”. I posted several links explaining this in detail
There’s sites like the one I posted along with a few more than can help you repair your credit cheaper and easier than you would if you paid out of the pocket.
1. Open a checking account- While opening the account doesn’t directly build your credit, it does create a relationship between you and the bank by being an accountholder. Banks love to cater to their preferred customers that have accounts in great standing by offering loans and credit cards. Also, having a checking account not only helps manage your money, but it gives you the most powerful tool in building credit, a checking account to help pay your bills on time. Most banks and credit unions offer online banking with billpay that can make it easy for you to pay your bills on time, which is important in building credit.
2. Open a secured credit card- Secured credit cards are the easiest credit cards to get, mainly becuase a security deposit is placed upfront in order to establish a line of credit in the same amount. For example, if you deposit $250, your credit limit is $250, and so on. The deposit isn’t used to pay for any of the purchsases on the card unless, it was charged off and sent to collections, so you would have to repay it just like a regular card either in full or minimum monthly payments. The deposit is sometimes linked to a savings account, so it earns interest while you’re building credit, so the deposit isn’t sitting there. You can think of this as building credit with a savings account. The more you deposit, the higher your limit, which is good for your score because it creates a cushion between the total debt you owe and the credit you have available. Also, by continuing to add to the deposit, you’re also creating an emergency fund at the same time. A good way of using the card is by making small purchases ($20/month max) and paying on time every month while adding to the deposit. Usually after a year or so, the card either converts or upgrades to a regular card, and most importantly, the deposit is given back, which you can place in a savings account as an emergency fund.
3. Enroll with PRBC- PRBC is America’s Alternative Credit Bureau, providing a helpful service to the over 50 million people with limited or no credit history. If you pay your monthly bills on time, PRBC can help you build credit to qualify for a mortgage and better interest rates.On-time payments for the following bills are not reported to the traditional credit bureaus:
Rent
Cable
Phone
Daycare
Insurance
Electric
Natural Gas
Cell Phone
The only time your payments for these bills are reported to the other credit bureaus is if they’re missing or late.With PRBC, your on-time payments count. You build credit for paying your bills on time, even if you have no credit history. PRBC offers two simple ways to start building credit today.
In closing, just a few more things to keep in mind.
-Don’t spend more than 30% of your combined available credit on all your cards.
-Only apply for credit when necessary.
-Dont close unused accounts.
-Pay on time
Hope this helps…
Thanks for reading and…
Good luck! Smoovy Loco
October 24th, 2009 at 2:00 am
Bad credit is one of the worst problems to have… however there exists a solution. I will hereby talk from my personal experience. I did debt consolidation a couple of years ago, however If I had to do it again I would pay to some minor details, if someone wants to get out of debt today it is pretty easy with a debt consolidation plan, however it may get a bit tricky at times,
I suggest you get as much information as possible online on this first, a good place to start in my humble opinion is astraight to the point ebook with question and answer I found : alyonafrendo