Bad Credit Scores And How To Fix ‘Em
Your credit score is a trustworthiness rating, based on your credit report. It falls somewhere between 300 and 850 and is calculated by a credit scoring model (FICO and VantageScore are the most well-known). Equifax—one of the three major credit-reporting agencies—explains: “Lenders, creditors, and others often use credit scores to help them determine the likelihood […]
Removing Collections from Your Credit Report in 4 Steps
Your credit score is a number assigned to you between 300 and 850 that credit card providers and lenders use to determine how financially trustworthy you are. Many factors affect your credit score, but unpaid debts, especially those that appear as collection accounts on your credit report, are the most influential. The average credit score […]
Learn How to Negotiate With Debt Collectors—and Win
Your credit score is a number between 300 and 850 that credit bureaus assign to you to indicate your creditworthiness. Not paying back what you owe damages your credit score and could eventually lead to debt collectors chasing you for money, making your life very stressful. It also makes it much more difficult and expensive […]
