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In November 2009, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd advanced a radical proposal: to create a super-regulator that would take over most of the bank supervision that had been done by the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and other agencies. How to Repair your personal Credit Report and Improve …
I am twenty years old and I’ve acquired a lot of debt over the past two years. I owe capital one $650.00. I have a car note that’s late most of the time and when I was 18 my uncle rented property in my name and was evicted two months b4 the lease was up… not to mention student loans. Can anyone give me any advice on where to start as far as repairing my credit. I would like any good budgeting tips, websites or books. I’ve seen my parents make this mistake and I just want to start repairing my credit now so when I am done with school I can move on with my life and make better decisions as far as credit goes.
ONE MORE QUESTION… are those secured credit cards worth the price tag???
* I work a part time job getting paid 12.00/hour. I work about 52 hours a week
Well start by not getting any more credit cards at all!. Secondly, you should not only make your payments on time, but if possible, pay them 2 weeks before the due date in order to avoid finance charges. You don’t say anything about having a job. Do you own your car or are you still making late payments? Do you own anything outright? If so, check into a consolidation loan. $650 is nothing to owe, but quit using the card. Cut it up and write a letter to the company closing the account (yes you will still pay the $650 but you won’t accrue any further debt). Above all else DO NOT go to a payday loan or car title loan place, they are rip offs. I also question why / how your uncle rented property in your name, that constitutes fraud.
So i have a charge off that i have been paying off at $300/month since july of 07. i’ll be done paying it off by june. How do i start fixing my credit NOW?
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.
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!
Credit Repair – Evidence you can increase your credit score
I paid everything off that was negative on my credit report now what can I do to raise my credit score?
Does paying off delinquent accounts and charge offs even raise your score at all? I paid EVERY single piece of negative credit will that help me? Also does anyone know where I can look to find loans and or credit cards to boost my credit?
Takes seven years for negative items to disappear from your credit report.
