Posts

Showing posts from July, 2008

Bad Credit Score? Rewrite Your History! [By Jess Peterson ]

Your credit score is not as good as you would like to? Have you made bad moves with your finances? You can start changing your situation and also solve your economical trouble by following these tips. Where To Start? Find what you are doing wrong. You can not change your past actions, but you can always find what is that you are doing wrong nowadays and start working on it. Try to make a list of all your current expenses including your monthly budget, credit cards and any loan you may have. Then try to find out what is the most difficult bill to pay month by month and start working there. Credit Card Issues If your biggest problems are credit cards, take a few minutes to review your credit card's statements from the last six months. Make a list of which things are overcharging your credit card. Then divide those expenses into necessary and unnecessary, and try to leave this last group out of your plans from now on until your situation improves. Remember that any little thing counts...

Student Credit Card Facts [By Tom Tessin Platinum Quality Author]

College credit cards can also be known as student credit cards. A student card is a new term for young people attending college. Older people are aware of credit cards, which are used for various purposes. College students mostly use these types of credit cards, which are somewhat similar to normal credit cards. A student might have a credit card that had links to his/her parent's account. Distinctions From Normal Credit Cards: 1. The major difference in these types of credit cards is they are exclusively for school purposes. 2. The second difference is students are not aware about the usage of these cards, as a result, they start spending on unnecessary expenses. 3. Money spent on cards is to be paid back. 4. Students need to be aware of the details of card usage. Credit card companies require a caretaker (parent or guardian) on part of the student applying for such credit card to keep that student away from all hassles. One advantage is that the credit added to such type of credi...

All By Yourself: Sell Your Home without a Broker [By: Greg Mischio]

In a declining real estate market, anyone selling a home is desperately trying to squeeze home equity dollars out of a sale. More sellers are deciding to be their own brokers-a bold move that has equal amounts of risks and rewards. Compare Home Equity Rates Compare rates from up to 4 lenders for home equity GO » As the housing market continues to tank, homeowners are considering alternative ways to generate as much home equity as possible from their sale. The first thing on the chopping block is often a real estate broker's commission. In the past, when housing values were sky high, homeowners were willing to let a real estate broker claim a 5 to 7 percent commission. But the new declining market has changed everything, and many homeowners are trying to sell their homes without a broker. For Sale By Owner (FSBO)-the benefits Thanks to the Internet and a realization that FSBOs will sell on the market, the do-it-yourself approach to home sales has steadily increased over the years. A...

7 Tips to Repair Your Credit Score Fast [By Xylene Belita]

Do you think you need to repair your credit score fast? Does your credit report have some negatives on it? Do you have poor credit record? Have you ever made a lot of loan applications and missed some payments in the past? Then these tips on how to repair your credit score fast will show you how to deal with your problem permanently. 1. Correct Any Mistakes on Your Credit Report One of the first things you should do if you want to repair your credit score fast is to correct any wrong info from your credit report. Write to the credit bureau and request to correct the mistakes on your credit report. If in cases that they do not agree with you that it was a mistake, you can add a comment onto your credit report to explain. But, be sure to keep your comments neutral, and there is no accusation to anybody. 2. Create A Financial Plan After taking care of any mistakes on your credit report, then you must start to manage your finances in a much better way. You should set a budget and stick to ...

Credit Report and Score Monitoring - Why You Need Both (Preferably Daily) [By Sean Dean]

Today's volatile economy coupled with a huge increase in living our lives online and on plastic leave us vulnerable to not only identity theft, but damaging changes to our credit score that can effect our ability to obtain housing, jobs, loans, and credit. These conditions have given rise to a large increase of consumers who want or need to keep a close watch on their credit records, transactions, and any suspicious activity and / or mistakes that arise. Whether you really need this service or not greatly depends greatly on your situation. If you make purchases solely with cash, own your your house outright, if you don't rely upon your credit score for mortgages, credit cards, housing, or job seeking, then you can likely skip this. But, here are a few scenarios in which having credit report and score monitoring might be a good idea: You May Be Seeking A Loan, Credit, Or Refinancing In The Future And / Or You're Trying To Improve Your Credit Score: Unfortunately, today it...

Changing Climate of Home Equity Borrowing [By: Tom Kerr ]

Trends in home equity borrowing during the past two decades have been dramatic; within the past two years, home equity loans have been on a virtual roller coaster ride. Just a year ago, homeowners were relying on them as ATM machines. Now, banks are yanking them from their product menus. Back in 1986, the IRS tax rules were rewritten to create deductions for homeowners that were similar to those enjoyed by taxpayers who owned income-producing property. The change precipitated a real estate crash, because tax advisors recommended that clients dump their rental properties. It also launched a new trend in home equity borrowing, because consumers could enjoy a deduction for interest paid on home equity loans. Compare Home Equity Rates Compare rates from up to 4 lenders for home equity GO » Enjoying home equity tax breaks Although there are some restrictions related to the size of the deductions-equity loans used for home improvements provide potentially higher deductions than those spent o...

Legal Ways to Repair My Bad Credit [By Tony Banks ]

Some people believe that it is not legal to repair their credit rating. This is just not the case and the opposite is actually true. Improving your credit rating is possible due to the laws on the books that govern how the credit bureaus must handle credit files. You are allowed to dispute information on your credit report and the bureaus have a process they must follow when handling your disputes. If the proper steps are not followed they must delete the disputed account within a certain amount of time. The key to legally repairing your credit file is to understand these laws and to make sure the bureaus follow the laws as well. There are a lot of credit repair companies that charge a monthly fee to handle the process for you, they will send the dispute letters to the bureaus on your behalf. The other option is to do it yourself with a credit repair kit, it would consist of all the pre written letters you would need to send to the bureaus and show you step-by-step what you need to do ...