Monday, July 12, 2010

Credit Reports And Collection Practices

Education of Credit

Our education system lacks emphasis on the number one issue in our financial life; credit. Credit determines the cost of everything you finance in your lifetime and either contributes to your financial well being or cripples you financially both in the short term and into your retirement years. In a perfect world credit bureaus would have your best interest at heart but we don’t live in such a world.

“It’s The Best System We Have”

Transunion, Experian, and Equifax do a wonderful job at keeping trillions of bits of information straight and accounted for on billions of credit reports, but they aren’t perfect. It truly is your responsibility to hold an accurate report. Credit Repair is the only means of an accurate report.

Not Once, Not Twice, But many

You think you are going to default on that credit card and only have the credit card company to deal with? Think again. Collection companies are paid dividends to collect on the debt and the debt is sold and resold again and again. The problem is your debt will report many times throughout this grueling systematic way of reporting. Credit Repair stops this from happening.

Example

Let’s say you default on a Visa card in January and by May collection companies are calling you repeatedly. You ignore the calls because you can’t pay it. That collection company is going to have a certain time limit per their contract to collect on the debt. If they don’t succeed in collecting on the debt by December they will then sell your information to another debt collector. This process will go on and on and on. It could be years later and you will still be receiving phone calls. Each time a new collection company attempts to collect from you they also put it on your credit. One account reporting many times can be a very frustrating situation. Griffin Credit can stop this.

Bottom Line

Laws are provided to you but you have to know how to enforce them. If you are behind on credit cards and are being hounded by collection companies they won’t go away. You must prepare yourself by hiring a firm such as Griffin Credit to assist you in this situation. Collection companies are paid to harass you and they do a fine job at it, but here is the catch… you don’t have to answer that call or be harassed. It is your responsibility to hold an accurate report and credit repair is the only way of making sure the report is accurate.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Considering Credit Repair

Credit Scores

Credit Repair will increase the beauty of your credit reports, raise the credit scores, and you will reap all of the benefits that come from having excellent credit. Good credit translates into self-confidence, having an inner peace, and rewards of lower interest rates and more favorable loan terms. Credit repair can provide all of this, but you need to take the initiative. Credit is very important, and there is no derogatory credit event that can’t be offset by knowing the Fair Credit Reporting Act and how to apply it to credit repair principles. Regardless of your credit situation, if you take action now you will soon be rewarded with considerable improvements. Stay the course, and before you know it you will have credit that you can be proud of.

Credit Repair Services

The first step is to contact www.griffincredit.com and discussing your specific credit issues. There is more involved than simply spotting items that do not belong to you. Many of the errors on credit reports may look familiar but should not report as a matter of law. These legal compliance issues require training to identify. Doing the job on your own can be rewarding, but unless you have the time to learn the applicable laws and completing a 6 to 12 month process of fighting the agencies…. You should hire a reputable credit repair organization. A good service will quickly spot the issues that should be challenged as well as providing a plan of action for rebuilding and raising your scores.

Why Rebuild?

Tough times may have left you financially upside down and either reluctant to open new accounts or fearful of being denied or perhaps you told yourself “I won’t use credit again so who cares?” And yet, there is nothing more critical to credit repair success than rebuilding your credit. Many people are under the impression that they should wait until their credit has recovered before applying for new accounts. Do not hesitate. Now is the time to start. The condition of your credit is not an obstacle we can’t overcome together. Secured credit cards are the perfect solution. Your credit will recover most quickly if you get two cards. A good credit repair company should be able to recommend good low cost cards with no income or credit requirements that will report to all three bureaus.

Debt Management for Credit Repair

Now that you are seeing improvement on your scores, it is essential that you manage your finances very carefully. Budget yourself, do not let your obligations exceed your ability to repay, and establish a solid plan for paying your bills. It is crucial for your credit repair program that you do not fall behind on your payments. It is equally critical that you manage your new secured credit cards in a special way, a way that will optimize your scores. Use your cards regularly, but do not use more than 30 percent of the cards limit. When you make your payment each month, leave a small balance, even ten dollars, on the card. This requires a little attention, but it will be worth it.

The Payoff of Repair

It is a wonderful feeling to watch your credit reports improve and your scores increase. And the new confidence and self-esteem you will experience will carry into many parts of your life and relationships. But there are fantastic financial benefits to credit repair as well. As your credit scores increase you will be eligible for low rate, favorable term financing. This does not mean that you should go into debt, but when financing is needed for something like an automobile or a home purchase the difference can add up to hundreds of dollars each month, and thousands each year. The lower payments that you will qualify for can easily mean budgetary comfort. Soon you will discover that your credit repair success has built on itself and transformed your life.

Monday, June 7, 2010

About Credit Repair

Why Credit Repair?

The main reason for doing credit repair is to improve your credit and raise your scores. The most significant improvements will occur with those with poor credit, but if you have decent credit you may still get impressive results. Credit scores determine the interest rate you receive on financing, leasing, even insurance… Everyone can benefit from higher credit scores.

What Does Credit Repair Do?

Credit repair will address anything that contributes to your credit and it’s score. The process will include sending dispute letters to the credit bureaus to repair damaging information from reporting. Basic information in your credit profile should be addressed as well; if you do not have the accounts you need to develop higher scores a good credit repair service should provide you with the guidance and assistance to rebuild your credit to insure the best outcome. And finally, you may benefit from appropriate score optimization tips. Credit Repair can help but having good trade lines and knowing how information hurts or helps your scores is infinitely valuable.

Do it yourself?

Just like anything else with proper information and knowledge you can do it yourself. If you want to re-wire your electricity in your home go ahead...we just don’t recommend it. Your local hardware store may have a “do it yourself roofing guide” but we don’t recommend it. Here is why; you must have an understanding of the Fair Credit Reporting Act as well as knowledge of the way the Fair Isaac FICO score works. And if you have any collections on your credit report you will need to understand the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and your state statutes of limitation. In addition to the extensive knowledge you must have in order to repair your credit you must also know how Transunion, Experian, and Equifax work. These agencies have in house resources to protect and will do anything and everything they can to prevent you from effectively removing items from your report; if you don’t do it right the first time they may lock you out of attempting it again. You are better off to hire a professional like Griffin Credit to do the repair for you.