Credit Reports Are Essential To Financial Recovery
March 24, 2009 · Print This Article
People who are looking to recover financially have a lot to consider when it comes to rebuilding their lives. Even for those who aren’t bankrupt, they have to figure out what they’re going to do about their debt and how to manage it in a way that works with their level of income and basic needs.
One of the first things people should turn to when looking to fix their financial situation is a credit report.
Basically, a credit report is one of the most essential aspects of financial recovery. Getting past your debt means recognizing where it comes from and what it is in particular, and a credit report will give you not only a score which measures your financial standing, but also give you particular information regarding your creditors and how much you may owe and for what particular reasons.
With that kind of information at hand, you can pursue the formulation of a plan which will enable you to pay off your debt while keeping yourself taken care of at the same time. You simply can’t wait for creditors to send you angry letters in the mail stating you owe them. Without taking the initiative, you’ll only be stressed by the pressure that these groups put on you to pay up and may detract from having a broader perspective on the issue.
Don’t wait to figure out how much you owe, either. Some debt can continue to negatively affect your credit up to a certain point, leaving you with a lower score than you could have by paying your debt sooner. Visitors should also be aware of free credit reports scams.
It’s also important to see whether or not some debts remain outstanding. By law, seven years is the statute on debt, and after that period is over, any debt that is older than that is required to be removed from your credit.
One cannot underestimate the value of a credit report. Finding out your exact financial situations practically begins with one, and it remains a valuable measure of your standing as you work to improve your life and the finances that represent it.
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Thanks for providing this great advice. I’d like to add that it’s also very important to check your credit report for errors. According to the Charles Givens Organization up to 90% of credit reports contain errors! And even one error can cause one to be denied credit.
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I love this. That guy is so cute in this commercial.
If you've already opened a bank account, you can get a "secured credit card" through your bank. They require you to make a deposit (typically $200-300) and your deposit will be your initial credit limit.
After about 1 year, they will change the card from "secured" to a regualr credit card and send your initial deposit back to you (minus any money you owe on the card). They will also increase your available credit as long as you've been responsible with the credit card.
Look at forms relating to health insurance.
Look at your medical records.
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lol all of these commercials are so funny!!
Of note, Sunnyvale PD referred me to an online form with the FBI, and said they probably won’t follow up unless it’s a loss of more than $50-75k.
Thank you for these wonderful videos. I’m one of your subscribers and had seen this series of videos you posted in my subscriber list and am now just watching them. I have some financial stories myself, I need to get a camera and start uploading videos. I lived off of my student loans for years and now paying it all back and I’m 6 yrs older than you. I’m reading ‘The Total Money Makeover’ and hopefully I’ll be on track financially soon.
Hmm.
Just thinking you are dang lucky this happened AFTER you closed on your new house instead of before. Could have screwed up your loan qualification.
freecreditreport.hotusa.org – try this site. I use it to monitor my credit and also cleaned off some bad items from my credit report. You can apply for free initial plan and get your scores and reports for free.
The score possibly reflected a charge to your credit card. If the balance increased, your score went down.
"Fair" is a relative term. Read the "Fair Credit Reporting Act" and you decide. It's really important to check your credit with all 3 agencies at LEAST once a year and at least 6 months before you plan to do anything major. According to the "Act", you, as the consumer, are responsible to report errors and prove them to the 3 credit agencies.
Write a letter of dispute with an explanation and any documentation to substantiate your claim. Once submitted, you are entitled to a free credit report with the corrections made.
Businesses have the choice of using one or all of the credit reporting agencies. Once you have a full report from all three agencies, then you must contact the specific business who has reported the information and correct whatever errors are there. And request that they submit the corrected information to the credit company or companies that they utilize. Most businesses send in their reports once a month. Some only report quarterly. And many businesses report GIVING credit but do not report when accounts are closed.
And applying for credit with department stores and specialty catalogs only create credit line accounts even if you only make one purchase ever.
If you really feel that this "Act" is unfair, write your Federal representatives and senators. State your case clearly. And look beyond your own circumstances to what you see as a situation that pertains to many people, not just you.
I did and my representatives helped.
Good Luck!
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cool i havent seen a couple of those.
You guys know that the singer in the commercial isn’t the one one that makes the songs or sings them right?
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Should be None but make sure you order from the official free site .
1 order sends all 3 reports ( sans the FICO , that they can charge for )
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i think i’m gather some people up and use my bike to do this rofl! F To The R e e!
It depends. Not all companies report to all 3 credit bureaus. You may have a company that only report to equifax and transunion and not report to experian. When i worked at a loan company that's how we reported.
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