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LOANS & CREDIT

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HOW TO BUY

How to buy a car

How to buy a house

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Your Credit Report Score

what you need to know about it

Having spent many years in the financial services business watching well-intentioned people trying to rebuild their lives, I finally decided to make a serious attempt to help my fellow travelers. This web site is geared to helping you make sense of your credit report score and save you a few thousand dollars over the course of your financial life.

Most of us, at one time or the other, will take the serious step of making a major purchase, likely a home, a car, or even a business. The state of affairs of our credit report score will determine how costly the purchase becomes, stretched over five, seven or as many as thirty years.

I have compiled the following series of articles to help you improve your credit report score. Many are based on years of observation, and trial and error on my own part and some are written by experts in the credit and collections industry. Some of the ideas in the articles state the obvious, but are well worth repeating. Others may be new to you, but work in the long run. Just so you know, patience is a virtue in raising your credit report score.

Here are some of the topics I have included here: