Tag Archives: improving your credit score
- Lauren is Searching For Ways to Get Out Of Debt And Make Her Bad Credit Go Away
“Dear Steve, If I find a consolidation company to help me pay my bills will my bad credit go away? Lauren” The Answer: Dear Lauren, It is usual for people to search for a magic wand that will make their debt go away without impacting their credit report. There really is no such solution, [...]
- I Paid Off an Old Debt and My Credit Score Went Down. – Michelle
Michelle “Dear Steve, To pay or Not to pay…. that is the question. Have a old debt (over 2 years old) I have been told not to pay it because if I do it will make a negative mark on my credit. I know this is true because I paid off something else which was [...]
- “How Do I Go About Making My Credit Score Better” – Antoine
Antoine writes in to the Get Out of Debt Squirrel and asks: I don’t have credit card dept of any kind. I’ve never filed bankruptcy. I have bills on my credit report some of them I’m unaware of and the others are overdue bills. How do I go about solving the problem to get it [...]
- Is It Possible to Easily Increase My Credit Score? – Tamara
Tamara “Hi Steve, I graduated with my Masters Degree this past June 2009 in Speech Pathology. I have over $100,000 in school loans and a car loan of approximately $10,000. My credit score is 716. I am trying to increase my credit score to above 720 to qualify for a conventional housing loan to purchase [...]
- How You Can Get Out of Debt Fast Without Filing Bankruptcy
So there’s this guy, Scott, who has developed an ultimate guide to getting out of debt. Sure, I’m as skeptical as the next guy but after looking over the information I was left with a problem, it looked pretty good. His information page actually contains a bunch of information that you don’t normally see which [...]
- My Credit Score is Dropping. Is Yours?
I am pissed off. I carefully monitor my credit report and credit score. In fact I just refreshed my consolidated credit report again today and guess what, my score from all three credit bureaus has dropped. But the spread among all three is now 17 points different rather than the 19 points that it was. [...]