Tag Archives: secured credit cards

I Made Poor Financial Decisions But Learned From It. Now I Want to Rebuild My Credit. – Mike

“Dear Steve, Steve, Im a 29 year old father of three. In my early 20′s i made very poor financial decisions. Now I’ve decided to finally grow up and take responsibility for my credit. My rating as of now is 546 according to my report. I applied for a secured credit card with cap 1 [...]

Can I Get a MasterCard After Bankruptcy? – Cassandra

Cassandra wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]

I Have Followed in My Parents Footsteps. – Sheena

“Dear Steve, 30 Years old, bad credit, one account in good standing, paid off all but 12000 in debt. Total household income $50,000 I am in the process of trying to pay off my debt and re-establish credit but I don’t know where to begin. I have saved $2000 for emergencies. Not I am in [...]

How a Secured Credit Card Saved Me After Bankruptcy

In 1990, after my bankruptcy, I wanted to avoid the use of credit. For me credit was pain because I believed that without credit I would never have found myself bankrupt. Rational or not, that’s how I felt. It wasn’t too long after that I realized that if I was going to be able to [...]

Chris Has Bad Credit. I Show Him How to Easily Get Good Credit.

“Dear Steve, I’m 35, new dad, have a terrible credit score(in the 400s), want to improve my score for a better quality of life, and most of my debts are 8 years and older. I want to find specific information on how to remove old debts from my credit report. (ex. To whom do I [...]