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How to Remove a Bankruptcy From Credit Report

Question: Can you give me the specifics on how to remove a bankruptcy from credit report? Answer: This blog post…

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Rebuilding Credit After Bankruptcy

Like a lot of folks who start trying to rebuild credit after bankruptcy, you might be thinking of wiping your…

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How to File for Bankruptcy Without an Attorney

In an earlier post, we talked about how to find a good bankruptcy attorney to handle your bankruptcy; this week,…

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Protecting Yourself from Common Bankruptcy Scams

If you are facing the pressure of mounting bills, creditors calling your home all day, and compounding interest payments pulling…

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How to Find a Good Bankruptcy Attorney

When you are filing for bankruptcy, hiring a bankruptcy attorney might seem like one more expense on top of a…

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Keys to Avoid Bankruptcy

If you have lost a job or have experienced a financial catastrophe, you might be worried about your ability to…

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The Forms of Bankruptcy Options

Question: What are the bankruptcy options for those who have been through a taxing financial crisis? Answer: If your financial…

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Survey: I want your feedback, by 720 Credit Score

I wanted to let you know that we are about to put together some great new content for our weekly…

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Should I File for Bankruptcy?

Should I file for bankruptcy? If you have creditors that are calling at all hours and bills that are piling…

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Collections Account on Credit Report: Option #4

Here is the riskiest option for dealing with collections account on credit report. In fact, before you read about this…

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Collections Account on Credit Report: Option #3

The best way to handle a collections account on credit report is to negotiate for a letter of deletion. But…

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Collections Account on Credit Report: Option #2

In my last post, we talked about the first option for dealing with a collections account on credit report. This…

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Collections Account on Credit Report: Option #1

If you have a collections account on credit report, the first thing you should do is read our article about…

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How Does Foreclosure Work?

Question: How does foreclosure work? Answer: If you are behind on your mortgage payments, you might be facing a foreclosure in…

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What Is a Short Sale?

Question: What is a short sale, and is it a good alternative to foreclosure? Answer: Let’s not mince words. The…

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Is There a Foreclosure Fix?

Question: I need a foreclosure fix! How can I get my house back once the foreclosure process has started? Answer: If…

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Can a Loan Modification Save Your Home?

In the wake of the turmoil caused by the global crash of the housing bubble, the government has been advocating loan…

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Secured Credit Cards: Avoid ‘em or Embrace ‘em?

In a lot of ways, secured credit cards sound like a raw deal. But if you have poor credit, secured credit…

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The Magic of Authorized Users

One of my favorite ways to boost a person’s credit score is to teach them about the magic of authorized users.…

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Pre-Approved Card Credit Offers

If you are like most people, you have received several pre-approved card credit offers in the mail advertising low interest rates,…

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Ready to Transfer Credit Card Balances? Read This First!

Offers to transfer credit card balance to a low-interest card might be seductive. I’ll save money and lower my parents, you might…

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Credit Cards and Credit Scores: The Intimate Relationship

Many people wonder about the relationship between credit cards and credit scores. While credit cards can be great tools in enabling…

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A Dirty Little Secret that Hurts Credit

People already know that bankruptcies, foreclosures, repossessions, and collections will hurt credit. And it’s no big secret that late payments are…

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Chimney Sweep Scams Sweeping The Country

This year like many others I’ve found an early winter and cold autumn nights. In an attempt to boycott the…

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The Debt-to-Limit Scam, by 720 Credit Score

I received some feedback a couple of weeks ago from a student who has called into my one-on-one Q&A session.…

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Freedom Ratio Call – Follow up, by 720 Credit Score

Please listen to this call I recorded with the Freedom Ratio creator, Dave Fenton. Give me your feedback below!

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This guy is stuck …

Here is his problem.. He has over $41,000 in credit card debt. He has other unsecured loans totaling $12,000. Although…

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Your Freedom Ratio, by 720 Credit Score

I consider myself a pretty financially savvy guy, but my CPA just introduced me to something that opened my eyes……

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Information Interview with a Debt Negotiator

On this interview, you will learn: — How I negotiated to save my family $240,000 in loan payments. It was…

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Student Loans and Credit: 9 Things You Must Know!

What’s the relationship between student loans and credit scores? You might be surprised! In this article, we take a look…

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