The 6 Dirty Secrets About Debt Consolidation the Banks don’t Want You to Know.
The myths spread faster than the truth, which is why I am going to explain some of the most common myths in the credit repair area. One of the biggest myths is that you need a professional agency to manage your debt problems, these agencies can help you nevertheless they charge big fees for something you can handle yourself pretty well.
Myth 1: I need help…I can’t do it Myself
As with many things, we need help once in a while, but credit repair is certainly something that you can do quite easily on your own with a little elbow grease and time. When I first looked at my credit report back in January 2007, I saw some late payments, a judgment, and some other “not so good” marks on my credit report. I screamed, “I’ve got to get a credit agency to help me with this! There’s no way I can do this myself!” Yeah, so I thought. How did I do it myself? I got educated that’s how. And now, you are going to get the best education on how to repair, rebuild, and maintain your credit score. After some time of taking a more in-depth looking into my credit report, I noticed some huge mistakes by either the creditor or credit bureau. These were not my mistakes, but the mistakes of “The Man.” I found mistakes on multiple accounts, ranging from multiple late payments, wrong accounts, to closed accounts, when in fact they were open. Turns out, it’s estimated that anywhere from 75% to as many as 90% of credit reports contain errors.
Myth 2: Your bad credit can’t be fixed.
Not at all, having a bad credit rating does not mean you can’t fix it, it may take you some time to do it, but you can definitely do it. There are several avenues to repair your credit, build positive lines of credit and returning to the good credit path. One of my most embarrassing stories occurred when I was applying for a Banana Republic card and I was denied in the middle of a very important Holiday. Improving your credit is just a matter of getting the right education on the right topics and with my videos you will get all the education you need.
Myth 3: You Only Have One Credit Score
The reality is that you have 3 credit scores; they are from the major credit reporting agencies, all 3 show different scores, so when applying for credit one company may use a different report than others, it is always good to check your credit score through the 3 bureaus, because scores can vary a lot among them.
Myth 4: Your score will decrease if you check it.
There are soft inquiries and hard inquiries, and they can affect your credit score in different ways. The hard inquiries are those that affect your credit score and are done for the companies you wish to get credit from, the soft inquiries do not affect your score and these are the inquiries that are done in order to obtain your information for promotional purposes.
Myth 5: Your Score Will be Lower if you are Shopping Around for a Loan.
This is a very common myth, if you are searching for a mortgage, home equity loan, or car loan and you apply to multiple vendors this will only appear on your credit report once. This only applies if the same kind of inquires are made within 14 days of each other. Unfortunately, this doesn’t apply for credit cards!
Myth 6: Removing the Negative Items is the Only Way to Improve my Score.
This is true, but ONLY one piece of the credit repair puzzle. Although, getting negative items removed from your score will raise it, building “positive credit” is what will build your score further. Have you ever been turned down for having no credit? In other words, you don’t have any “positive credit” built up with credit card companies.
“How to reduce the interest rate on your credit card with just one phone call”
It is more simpler than you think; here is what you have to do: Get your telephone, dial their number and ask them to reduce your interest rate!!! just like that, by the way, tell them that you have sitting in front of you a credit card with a lower interest than the one they are offering you. Maybe a zero percent rate for the first 6 months, which after that period will turn into an 8% rate. If you have a higher rate this technique will help you to lower it. Tell them that you are thinking of transferring your balance unless they decrease your interest rate, if you don’t get a deal with the operator ask to talk with the supervisor, in most cases the threat to leave them is the key.
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