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How to Build Credit Before You Buy a Home or Make Another Major Purchase – Part 3

How to Build Credit Before You Buy a Home or Make Another Major Purchase – Part 3 I’m excited about…

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What Is the Fastest Way to Build Credit?

Check Your Credit Report Limits Credit card companies often omit or inaccurately report credit card limits, and this causes your…

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Teaching Children About Credit: Step Two

Last week, I told you Step One of my plan for teaching children about credit. This week, we’ll talk about…

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I cheated…

I’ve entered a bodybuilding contest. If you know what I look like, you know that I’m not the bodybuilder type—not…

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Dean Graziosi Interview

You can listen to this interview here right away here: Or, download it by clicking this link.

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The “ugh” that turned into a “yay”

Ugh. I make it a point to read every comment that readers leave on my blog, and while most of…

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Get the Best Car Loan and Avoid Credit Problems at the Dealership

A lot of car buyers hoping to get the best car loan have had embarrassing experiences at the dealership. The…

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Teaching Children About Credit: Step One

Last week, I told you that I had a “crazy” plan for teaching children about credit. And I explained that…

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A joke and a coin…

“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old…

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Teaching Children About Credit: An Introduction

I’m about to say something about teaching children about credit cards. And you are probably going to think I’m crazy.…

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Credit-Scoring Myths

Credit-Scoring Myth #1: If I avoid credit, I’ll have a great score. Fact: Though shunning credit cards and loans might…

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The dinner question…

I recently turned “the big 4-0,” and at my dinner party, we all took turns answering a question… Over the…

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The Consumer Score Hoax

An Additional Resource Exclusively for Students of the 720 Credit Challenge … Every time I hear one of those catchy…

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The Faces of Identity Theft

About 80 percent of people have errors on their credit reports, and many of these are a result of identity…

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Are you living in survivor-land?

I can’t stop thinking about something my powerhouse friend Dave McLurg said… (Dave has a brilliant business mind and is…

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The Secret to Using Installment Loans to Raise Your Credit Score, by 720 Credit Score

I always tell people that one of the best ways to get a great credit score is to have an…

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Credit-Scoring Factor #1: Payment History

In my book about how to build credit, 7 Steps to a 720 Credit Score, I remind readers that a…

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Build Your Credit Score in Five Minutes

Want to know how to build your credit score in just five minutes? I’ve got an easy tip that you…

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Lou Holtz has 3 questions for you…

These three questions are the “catch-all” questions for everything… for parenting your children, for handling your finances, for making professional…

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Credit Inquiries Won’t Hurt, As Long As …

“But Phil,” my client was saying, “I don’t want to pull my credit report. Won’t that hurt my credit score…

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A letter to my mom…

Dear Mom, When I think back to my childhood, one memory in particular still makes my eyes well up with…

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How to Qualify for a Loan

In today’s rough environment, knowing how to build credit isn’t enough if you want to also know how to qualify…

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When Buying Your Credit Score, by 720 Credit Score

Happy Mothers Day to all Moms! Those “free credit score” jingles are like nails on a chalkboard to me. See—they…

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Key Considerations About Divorce and Credit

While divorce often causes a person to take inventory, many people forget the implications of divorce and credit. Many married…

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I messed up…

Sometimes, all you have to do is ask. This is one of the major themes of my credit course. If…

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I’m a big failure…

It’s true. I’ve written about being a failure here. And guess what? My list of non-accomplishments grows longer and longer…

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Marry Your Spouse, But Not Their Credit Score, by 720 Credit Score

If you are getting married, you might be a little worried about how the marriage will affect your credit score,…

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What Are the Credit Score Factors?

Question: What exactly are all the credit score factors I should consider when learning how to build credit? Philip Tirone’s…

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2:53 second recording, by 720 Credit Score

I just got off the phone with a client that was not applying for certain jobs becuase she knew that…

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A dirty business…

I’m talking about my business. It’s an ugly, tough, dirty one. Despite the fact that a lot of people desperately…

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