Friday, January 30, 2009

If your credit is good, keep it that way

By Ricardo Mendiola

Since over half of the population has a credit score that teeters below the good line, with many people settling in at the "fair" line, or even worse, it's no wonder that there are so many Internet scams for credit repair aimed at taking these people's money. You do not want that person to be you, especially if you are one of these people, you really cannot afford to spend money on a scam that will not hurt you.

Even worse, some of these scams for credit repair may land you in trouble with the law if you are not careful. So you have three choices, pay the legal consequences, lose more of your money, or start to rebuild your credit the long hard, but surefire way. It may not seem like the best solution at the time if you really need the better credit, but the hard way is the best.

If you are trying to avoid ever needing credit repair, a great way to do this is by learning how and why the other half of the society is trying to fix its credit. This will help you avoid making any of the same errors that they did to land them in this situation. We are often told to learn from our mistakes, but if you want to prevent that scenario, it may just be best to learn from the mistakes of others.

There are two very common mistakes that land people in the land of credit repair. The most common ones are forgetting to pay bills on time and/or taking out so many credit cards, loans, etc that it has become virtually impossible to keep up with everything, in other words, people who live beyond their means. If you have a fair or good credit score you may be teetering on the edge of either of these actions, as you don't have a, excellent credit score.

You cannot start credit repair by insisting the problems and debt you have now are going to go away. Even with more credit available to you, you still have debt in your name, address, and social security card number. That old debt is not going to go away, and in fact, with the opportunity to get more credit, you will be twice in debt as what you thought you could be. SO if you think your situation is bad, it will only get worse.

The simple truth of the matter is that if you need to solve your problems, you need to take the old steadfast route of credit repair. First you need to figure out why you are in so much debt, so that after you get back on your feet debt-wise, you do not repeat your errors and continue to build and maintain a good credit history.

The best route to start your credit repair is to start with debt consolidation which a professional can help you with. This way you compile all your debt into one place at a manageable payment rate, so that you start decreasing your debt and you stop making late payments, both of these things will help you build that score back up.

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