Improve Credit Quickly In Lubbock

Improving Your Credit Score is easy when you follow people in the know. Foremost, your letter to the credit bureaus disputing your bad credit needs to get to the point quickly. Don't quote legalese or imply veil threats about suing them. Fixing your credit is not about legal intimidation; it's about these three points:

• Number 3 - What specific results you are seeking
• Number 1 - What exactly you are disputing
• Number 2 - Why you are disputing it

Write every dispute letter with these three points. Here is an example of such a letter: Below is an example of a dispute letter that I would write: YOU MUST WRITE A LETTER USING ONLY YOUR WORDS, NOT MINE!! The credit bureaus may consider your letter frivolous and dismiss the dispute if it looks too much like one of hundreds of other letters copied from a credit repair course. With that said, take a look at one of my sample letters to the credit bureaus:

• Your Date Of Birth
• Your Address
• Please delete. Thank You.
• Your Social Security Number
• Dear Credit Bureau Name
• I am disputing the Sears account appearing on my credit report, number XXXX, for the reason of (mention one of 13 reasons below).
• Your Name
• Re: (account and reason for your dispute goes here)

Below are the 13 reasons from which you can choose to dispute your bad account:

• Obsolete Account
• Opened/Not Accurate/Inaccurate Terms
• Account Type Inaccurate
• Account Closed By Consumer
• Not Liable For the Account
• Inaccurate Remarks
• Inaccurate Late Pays
• Account Transferred To Another Lender
• Creditor Classification
• Incorrect Date
• Original Creditor Not Listed
• Incorrect Account Designation
• Incorrect Balance Being Reported

Good credit scores start with good reasons of dispute like these, no legal mumbo jumbo or plagiarized boiler plate letter that they've seen hundreds of times. The beauty of this system is twofold- if the credit bureaus verify your first dispute letter as accurate, then craft a different dispute letter using another reason or item. This simple letter gives you an easy way to repair your credit systematically by providing each credit bureau with a different reason for the bad account. Most credit repair books will tell you to dispute the account as not being yours and then hope that the bureau will not respond to your claim within the required 30-day period (like the credit repair books tell you to do). But by being an informed consumer, you now have a treasure trove of reasons to choose from. Let me reassure you of some important truths: Credit repair myths are abundant; don’t believe them. In addition, restoring your bad credit is a secret process within the credit agency system that only a handful of qualified repairmen know. I hope that you are now armed with the knowledge of truth so that you won't fall victim to false information as you improve your credit score. For More Information on credit repair Click the link below and go to our website. Author Bio: Mark Garcia will teach you how to Improve Your Credit Score fast with his FREE Instant Access to a 3 minute video about his own credit repair story. You can also download a special report on the "10 Most Dangerous Mistakes That People Make When Trying To Fix Bad Credit" available at Crushing the Credit Bureaus.

At my last Increase My Credit Scores Workshop I took an informal survey and asked the attendees:

“What Do You Most Want To Accomplish After Fixing Your Bad Credit & Increasing Your Credit Scores?”

The 22 Most Common Responses Were:

1. Purchase A Home – Owner Occupied or Investment Property
2. Refinance Out Of My 1st or 2nd Mortgages
3. Get A Fresh Start After Bankruptcy
4. Obtain Non-Secured Credit Card
5. Get A Better APR (annual percentage rate) On My Car Loan
6. Consolidate My Bills
7. Get Business Lines Of Credit
8. Get Higher Credit Limit Credit Cards
9. Get A Credit Card For My Business
10. Get A Sexier Car For The Same Payment On My Current Junker
11. Get Prestige Credit Cards (Platinum, Gold, Etc)
12. Reduce My Interest Rates On My Credit Cards, Take The Savings To Pay Down Debt
13. Not Have To Put Any Money Down When I Buy A New Car
14. Get Lower Insurance Rates
15. Get Lower Utility Rates
16. Qualify For An Apartment Lease
17. Stop Fighting With My Wife About Our Bad Credit Scores
18. Stop Fighting With My Husband About His Bad Credit Score
19. Get Married, My Fiance Won’t Marry Me Until My Bad Credit Is Fixed
20. Get More Sex! When We Are Not Fighting About Debt And Bad Credit, I Get More Sex
21. Pay Off Bills
22. Prove To Myself That I Can Survive On My Own Without My Ex-Husbands Credit

So as you can see, the reasons are pretty diverse when it comes to credit repair…each of us has our own unique reason for wanting to boost our credit scores and repair bad credit.

Great article straight from the FTC  Website.

Remember folks…there is nothing a credit repair firm can do you for you that you can’t do for yourself…often quicker and cheaper!

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A credit repair company that falsely claimed it would help boost consumers’ credit ratings will settle Federal Trade Commission charges filed last year as part of “Operation Clean Sweep,” a federal-state crackdown on credit repair scams.

The FTC charged the Chicago-based defendants with falsely promising to remove negative information from consumers’ credit reports, even if it was accurate and current, in violation of the FTC Act and the Credit Repair Organizations Act. They also allegedly violated federal law by requiring payment before any service was provided to consumers. According to the FTC’s complaint, the defendants’ advertising stated, “We would never charge a large fee up front, or make you wait a long period of time to refund your money if we do not get results. You WILL see results in 60 days, or your money will be refunded in full . . . .” They charged $495 per person and $665 for a couple and required $219 or $269, respectively, in advance.

The settlement order bars the defendants from further violations and from misrepresenting:

• They can improve consumers’ credit reports by permanently removing negative information, even when it’s accurate and current;
• They can otherwise improve a consumer’s credit report or ability to obtain credit;
• The full cost of their services and any restrictions on consumers’ use of those services;
• Their refund or cancellation policy; or
• The benefits of using their goods or services.

The order imposes a $226,793.90 judgment that will be suspended once they pay $20,000. The full judgment will become due immediately if the defendants are found to have misrepresented their financial condition. The order prohibits the defendants from collecting any payments from consumers who purchased their services before October 23, 2008, when the court halted their business practices and froze their assets. The order further bars them from
disclosing or benefitting from customer information, and failing to properly dispose of customer
information.

The defendants are Advantage Credit Repair LLC and Mark D. Solomon. The Commission vote to authorize staff to file the stipulated final order was 4-0. The proposed order was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.

The Commission appreciates the assistance of the Better Business Bureau of Chicago & Northern Illinois in this case.

The FTC offers consumer information, “Credit Repair: How to Help Yourself,” athttp://ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre13.shtm, and advises that only time, a conscious effort, and a personal debt repayment plan can improve a credit report. The first step is to learn what information is in the credit report. If there are errors or mistakes, federal law provides the right to have them corrected – free of charge. Federal law requires that the nationwide consumer reporting companies – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – provide consumers with a free copy of their credit report once every 12 months, if requested. To order your free report, consumers can visit annualcreditreport.com, call 1-877-322-8228, or complete and mail the Annual Credit Report Request Form.