“Dear Steve,
I retired as a Department of Defense Fire Chief – retired early to try and save a marriage – didn’t work – started drinking – 3 DUI’s – went to prison for 4 years – I’m 47 years young.
I recently got home and ran my credit report – numerous accounts were added to my report and are showing bad on the report – My prevoius score was 705 – because of inquiries and these fraudulent accounts my score is down around 500.
I have the proper documentation from my jail time – what do you suggest I do to get this issue resolved.
Thanks
Ricky”
Dear Ricky,
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The fact you were in prison does not help to repair your credit.
For some reason I’ve received several questions recently about prison and credit and it appears some are under the impression that being in prison somehow keeps the creditors at bay.
It doesn’t.
Your situation sounds like it is best addressed by starting to deal with all the past due stuff and rebuild your credit. Luckily the process is fairly easy. Just follow this to rebuild your credit.
The good news is it seems your long fall down is over and now it’s time to use all those hard lessons you learned and start building a better life of good credit and a brighter future.
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