Archive for the 'Credit Report' Category

How do I get my credit report corrected?

Since my wallet was stolen, I’ve been trying to get a particular inaccuracy on my credit report corrected with no luck. I have written to the company that owns my report using their own online dispute form and via snail mail. It’s been 6 months and I don’t know what else to do […]

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How do I get my credit report corrected?

Since my wallet was stolen, I’ve been trying to get a particular inaccuracy on my credit report corrected with no luck. I have written to the company that owns my report using their own online dispute form and via snail mail. It’s been 6 months and I don’t know what else to do […]

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How do I get my credit report corrected?

Since my wallet was stolen, I’ve been trying to get a particular inaccuracy on my credit report corrected with no luck. I have written to the company that owns my report using their own online dispute form and via snail mail. It’s been 6 months and I don’t know what else to do […]

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How do I get my credit report corrected?

Since my wallet was stolen, I’ve been trying to get a particular inaccuracy on my credit report corrected with no luck. I have written to the company that owns my report using their own online dispute form and via snail mail. It’s been 6 months and I don’t know what else to do […]

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How do I get my credit report corrected?

Since my wallet was stolen, I’ve been trying to get a particular inaccuracy on my credit report corrected with no luck. I have written to the company that owns my report using their own online dispute form and via snail mail. It’s been 6 months and I don’t know what else to do […]

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repairing a credit report

I’m in college in the U.S., and have a few state student loans. They were under a forebearance that I once requested, which ended four months ago. I didn’t realize this, and ignored the mail that was sent about it because I thought it was the usual mail they send me about how I have […]

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How do I get my credit report corrected?

Since my wallet was stolen, I’ve been trying to get a particular inaccuracy on my credit report corrected with no luck. I have written to the company that owns my report using their own online dispute form and via snail mail. It’s been 6 months and I don’t know what else to do […]

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Will my potential employer check me out?

Background checks: I have a job interview coming up, and wonder if they’ll do a credit check. If they do, I’m in trouble. I need this job very badly…thus the bad credit. Besides credit, employers may check education and criminal backgrounds (mine are clean), but do they have to let you know? How do you […]

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repairing a credit report

I’m in college in the U.S., and have a few state student loans. They were under a forebearance that I once requested, which ended four months ago. I didn’t realize this, and ignored the mail that was sent about it because I thought it was the usual mail they send me about how I have […]

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Will my potential employer check me out?

Background checks: I have a job interview coming up, and wonder if they’ll do a credit check. If they do, I’m in trouble. I need this job very badly…thus the bad credit. Besides credit, employers may check education and criminal backgrounds (mine are clean), but do they have to let you know? How do you […]

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repairing a credit report

I’m in college in the U.S., and have a few state student loans. They were under a forebearance that I once requested, which ended four months ago. I didn’t realize this, and ignored the mail that was sent about it because I thought it was the usual mail they send me about how I have […]

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Will my potential employer check me out?

Background checks: I have a job interview coming up, and wonder if they’ll do a credit check. If they do, I’m in trouble. I need this job very badly…thus the bad credit. Besides credit, employers may check education and criminal backgrounds (mine are clean), but do they have to let you know? How do you […]

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Will my potential employer check me out?

Background checks: I have a job interview coming up, and wonder if they’ll do a credit check. If they do, I’m in trouble. I need this job very badly…thus the bad credit. Besides credit, employers may check education and criminal backgrounds (mine are clean), but do they have to let you know? How do you […]

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Will my potential employer check me out?

Background checks: I have a job interview coming up, and wonder if they’ll do a credit check. If they do, I’m in trouble. I need this job very badly…thus the bad credit. Besides credit, employers may check education and criminal backgrounds (mine are clean), but do they have to let you know? How do you […]

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Will my potential employer check me out?

Background checks: I have a job interview coming up, and wonder if they’ll do a credit check. If they do, I’m in trouble. I need this job very badly…thus the bad credit. Besides credit, employers may check education and criminal backgrounds (mine are clean), but do they have to let you know? How do you […]

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Will my potential employer check me out?

Background checks: I have a job interview coming up, and wonder if they’ll do a credit check. If they do, I’m in trouble. I need this job very badly…thus the bad credit. Besides credit, employers may check education and criminal backgrounds (mine are clean), but do they have to let you know? How do you […]

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repairing a credit report

I’m in college in the U.S., and have a few state student loans. They were under a forebearance that I once requested, which ended four months ago. I didn’t realize this, and ignored the mail that was sent about it because I thought it was the usual mail they send me about how I have […]

Continue...

repairing a credit report

I’m in college in the U.S., and have a few state student loans. They were under a forebearance that I once requested, which ended four months ago. I didn’t realize this, and ignored the mail that was sent about it because I thought it was the usual mail they send me about how I have […]

Continue...

repairing a credit report

I’m in college in the U.S., and have a few state student loans. They were under a forebearance that I once requested, which ended four months ago. I didn’t realize this, and ignored the mail that was sent about it because I thought it was the usual mail they send me about how I have […]

Continue...

repairing a credit report

I’m in college in the U.S., and have a few state student loans. They were under a forebearance that I once requested, which ended four months ago. I didn’t realize this, and ignored the mail that was sent about it because I thought it was the usual mail they send me about how I have […]

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repairing a credit report

I’m in college in the U.S., and have a few state student loans. They were under a forebearance that I once requested, which ended four months ago. I didn’t realize this, and ignored the mail that was sent about it because I thought it was the usual mail they send me about how I have […]

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Unpimp Your Credit Score, Say Yahhhh

In the last few years, Fair Isaacs, along with the FTC have made considerable effort in educating us in how our credit scores are derived. But is the whole system about to change? In a somewhat quiet AP story, the three major credit bureaus, Equifax, Transunion, and Experian, announced they had agreed […]

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Legit landlord or identity thief?

What personal info does my future landlord need from me to make sure I’m legit? How do I make sure he’s legit? This is my first time renting an apartment. Before I sign the lease, the landlord wants (among other info) my social security number and a copy of my driver’s license. He says he […]

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Fannie Mae designation on credit report?

Why does my credit report list our mortgage as a Fannie Mae account? As part of the kickoff to the Year Of Paying Cash And Not Screwing Up (yay), I pulled our credit reports from Equifax tonight. We’ve had a conventional, 30-year mortgage with GMAC (no PMI) since 2003. In the comments under our GMAC […]

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Can I make an effective dispute of my credit report?

A creditor and I disagree on the amount I owe. Not paying what they say I owe will negatively affect my credit. Do I have any options? I could write two pages on all the lies I’ve been told on the phone and all the times I’ve tried to use their website to make payments […]

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