Confused about credit reports or credit scores? all you questions are answered right here in this category of questions from readers.
“Dear Steve, Several years ago (6-8 years) I accumulated approximately $25,000 of debt and no reasonable way to pay it back after a divorce. I dodged the creditors and collection agencies-but never had the means to pay anything to any of them. (I lived in subsidized housing,received food stamp benefits and was qualified for rehab … Read more
“Dear Steve, I’m looking to find out how much debt that I have to clean up my credit, I have outstanding medical records and missed payments and several things sent to collections How do i find out how much debt that I have and how do i begin to clear up my debt? Matt” Dear … Read more
So let me tell you a story about secret credit bureaus that you don’t know about. Most of us have some knowledge about the three major credit bureaus that hold our credit report and credit score. The three biggies are Equifax, Experian and Transunion. But there are more places that hold information about you. Have … Read more
“Dear Steve, Okay. My Mother In Law has severe Alzheimer’s. Her estate was swallowed up by the first institution she lived in, but when that ran out we had to get her on Medicaid and put her in a different institution. She is now technically destitute; her social security goes directly to the institution, her … Read more
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. … Read more
“Dear Steve, I have bad credit because I got in a relationship very young and have credit cards maxed and a few things in collection. Now I have 2 children and am not working I am on maternity leave and really want to get out of a bad relationship. I have looked at renting at … Read more
When people go bankrupt their finances become a painful chapter in their lives. They avoid credit and shun anything to do with their credit reports or credit scores. And that’s a mistake. Going bankrupt is painful enough but being unfairly penalized for going through bankruptcy is not fair. If you have gone bankrupt in the … Read more
I’m afraid that your credit score is being used in all the wrong ways for all the wrong reasons. The credit score was originally designed as an easy way for lenders to identify which potential customers would be low risk and high profit acquisitions. Using a credit score to screen new customers allows lenders to … Read more