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Bad Credit Repair Advice

August 31st, 2009

We all could use a credit repair tip, especially if our credit report just arrived in the mail and there’s a thing or two in there that may embarrass us should the time come to apply for that boat loan.It’s probable you now know the importance of keeping up your credit card payments and not skipping a payment thinking the bank won’t notice.

Well, all the credit watchdogs notice.Their job is to track these things.Noticed? yes, put in writing? yes, put on record? yes.Consequences, Oh yea.

You could use a bad credit repair tip I bet!

Where do you start to rebuild credit?The first credit repair tip is to get a copy of your credit report.  The law stipulates that all individuals are entitled to one free credit report each year.When you get your credit report go through it diligntly with a discerning eye is tip # 2.Seek out errors, blatant or otherwise, and have them rectified.

Credit repair tip # 3:  write the agency that issued the report and point out, in detail, the mistakes (better make sure those mistakes are legitimate and that you can prove that they are mistakes).Plan on weeks of effort if you make a lot of financial transactions.Rewards come to those who are relentless.

Once the agency has received your letter, law requires the discrepency in question be removed until the investigation is complete.Mistakes on your credit report can be permantly removed.The fifth bad credit repair tip is to follow up relentlessly.It’s vital and in your best interest.Be vigilant.It’s not our neighbors credit report, it’s yours. 

Here’s a specific example:  if the record shows that you used your credit card in a particular restaurant and the card was refused, you have a right to contest that entry because the restaurant charge was debited from your statement and you paid it off.Credit card terminals are used all over the world.Terminal repairs are frequent, your card may have been swiped just as it went on the blink. 

Want more credit repair tips?  You’ll find some smart ones on cyberspace!

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