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November 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
One great way to repair or build credit fast is to get a secured VISA or MasterCard. A secured credit card is one in which you open up a savings account with the card issuing bank. This savings account is used as a security deposit for your credit card. Your credit limit is based on the amount that you deposit into the savings account. Once you have established a good record of payments on the credit card, the savings account funds are returned to you. Only use this secured credit card for gas or a few small purchases each month. When you get your bill, pay it immediately but overpay it by about $10 – $15. That way you always have a negative balance. The FICO system accelerates your credit rating quickly by doing this. Just make sure that you NEVER are late on making that payment. This method worked very well for me when I had very bad credit. After receiving my secured credit card, it took about 8 months before I was receiving pre-approved non secured VISA and MasterCard offers from large banks.
More info and resources on this topic here……
http://fixingyourcredit.blogspot.com
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November 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Pay your bills on time and be patient. You are the one who screwed it up, so don’t expect someone else to fix it for you.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
pay everyone you owe
November 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
PAY YOUR BILLS ON TIME EVERYTIME!!!!!
November 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Oncamera has it nailed. Follow his advice faithfully and you will rebuild. I have been there re a divorce. It works! Good luck.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
The way i repaired my credit after a divorce was pretty simple but time consuming. First I went to freecreditreport.com and pull my credit report. I contacted the credit bureau for any mistakes and disputed them. Most of them were taken off my credit report. Then I applied for some starter credit cards like, First National Bank of Marin, Orchard Bank, and Aspire. They all started me out with a credit line of 300 which was almost used by all the fees. As i paid each month and got my balance down to zero i would charge one thing on each card. I would take 2 months to pay each off. My credit lines increased within 4 to 6 months. Now I have other cards with higher balances. Keep on your credit report and dispute mistakes. It will take a little while but you will be repairing and rebuilding your credit. Good Luck!!!!
November 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Yes, it’s possible to fix your credit yourself. With a little hard work and perserverance, and patience, you could get it back up there. What you have to understand is what makes up your credit score:
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 in mind, this is some steps that you should do in order to get yourself in a better financial position to rebuild your score:
1. Open a checking and savings account- while this won’t directly affect your credit score, it does many things. It re-establishes a relationship between you and a financial institution, which by being an customer in good standing, could help make it easier to get approved for credit cards and loans. Most importantly, by opening a checking account
it gives you the single most powerful tool in building credit, to help pay your bills on time, especially if the bank offers online billpay.
2. Gather ALL your credit reports- It’s important to know exactly what’s on your reports. A lot of times, people believe that their credit is so bad, that they don’t bother to check their reports for mistakes, and trust me, mistakes DO happen. The credit bureaus don’t get paid to be accurate, they get paid to report. It’s important that you gather reports from all 3 agencies to determine not just who and how much you owe, but to make sure that what’s on there is even correct. If you do happen to find something that you’re sure is not right, you should dispute with all 3 agencies, they all have an online dispute feature in which you can dispute the item. Once you’ve made sure that there’s no inaccuracies on your report, then you should arrange your debts from most recent and lowest amount to oldest and highest amount. Debts that are newer than 2 years are hurting your score the worst and should be handled first. What you should know that just paying off debts, especially collection debts will not help your score. A "pay to delete" or "deletion payment", which is a payment in exchange for removing it from your report completely. I posted several links that explains this more in detail.
http://www.creditinfocenter.com/debt/settle_debts.shtml
http://www.creditinfocenter.com/debt/neg_rating_after_settle.shtml
http://www.creditinfocenter.com/debt/CanCreditorSue4SettlementDifferences.shtml
http://www.creditinfocenter.com/debt/ActualDebtSuccesses.shtml
http://www.creditinfocenter.com/debt/debt-negotiation.php
If you’re sucuessful, this will help your score.
3. Open new credit- I had mentioned in #1, about opening a checking and savings account with a bank or credit union, I’m going to tie that in with what I’m about to say. Some major banks (Bank of America, Wells Fargo, USBank, Orchard Bank) and some credit unions offer secured credit cards, which are credit cards that require a deposit to establish credit. Whatever you deposit would be the credit line, for example, if you deposited $300, then your credit line would be $300. The deposit isn’t used to pay for what’s purchased on the card, you would still need to either pay in full or make monthly minimum payments. The deposit is used only if the account becomes delinquent and goes to collections. A couple of good things is that you can increase the credit limit by adding to the deposit, which can help your score because it creates a much needed cushion between the total debt that’s owed and the available credit, and also the deposit is sometimes linked to a savings account which earns interest while you’re building credit, so the deposit isn’t just sitting there. A good way to build credit with the card is to make small purchases ($20/month max) and pay it off on time every month, while adding to the deposit. Usually after a year or so, of paying it off on time, the card either converts to a regular card or it’s upgraded to a better card, and most importantly the deposit isn’t needed anymore and it’s given back. My suggestion would be to open another secured card and repeat the process or open 2 at a time, which would speed things up. If you make small purchases, pay it off and increase the limits, that will really help your score. In the end, you’ll have 2 credit cards with decent limits and an emergency fund from the deposits.
4. 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.
-Pay on time
Hope this helps…
Thanks for reading and…
Good luck!
November 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
To raise credit score
1. Always pay on time or ahead of time.
2. maintain low balances on credit cards
3.To boost your score: Don’t charge anything for at least 60 days before applying for a loan
4. keep your total potential debt to earnings load low – If you have a card with a $15000 credit line, you may ask them to reduce it to something more realistic, like $5000.
5. You should have a recent history of both installment or term (Car or house loans) and revolving credit.
6.To boost your score: Don’t close unused accounts when you transfer debt.
7.To boost your score: Consider opening another credit-card account or two, or taking out a car loan or small bank loan.
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