Myth # 1 – When I pay off a past-due account, such as a charge off or a collection account, it will show “paid” and no longer be negative.
It is difficult to fully restore your credit without paying your outstanding debts. However, paying off a debt can actually hurt your credit. Negative items on your credit [...]
Absolutely! An affiliated attorney network provides credit repair services on behalf of our members. Obviously if credit repair was illegal licensed attorneys would not facilitate the service. The Fair Credit Reporting Act was designed specifically to provide a way for consumers to force the removal of erroneous, outdated and unverifiable [...]
When the Fair Credit Reporting Act was amended, they put in a section for "Expedited Dispute Resolution" Section 611a(8) the on-line dispute system. It reads as follows….
"…. the agency shall not be required to comply with paragraphs 2, 6, and 7 with respect to that dispute if they delete the tradeline within 3 days."
The Credit Reporting [...]
According to "Mistakes Do Happen: A Look at Errors in Consumer Credit Reports " a recent report by public issues watchdog U.S.Public Interest Research Group (USPRIG.) There is a one in four chance your credit report contains an error serious enough to cause you to be denied credit. 79 percent of credit reports examined in a [...]
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Last week I had to do something that I really didn’t like. I had a young couple come to me wanting to buy their first home. They were so excited, and so was I. Until we hit a snag, and not just a little one.
They didn’t have a great [...]
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