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Taking On Your Credit Report: Step Three
Now that you’ve removed erroneous information, made sure any “holes” were filled with the accurate information and done an overall Spring Cleaning on your credit report, you’re ready for Step Three. Step Three: Verify That Accounts Are Reporting Accurately Remember the reason you filed for bankruptcy? It was for the ...
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Taking On Your Credit Report: Step Two
After you’ve pulled your credit report, adjusted your mindset to your new, lower credit score, and made your credit score goal of 720, you’re ready for the next step. Step Two: Update Your Information with the Credit Bureaus Start at the beginning and make sure that all the information reflected ...
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Taking On Your Credit Report: Step One
The first thing you have to do when it’s time to restore your credit after bankruptcy is to access your credit. Pull your report and get a good understanding of where you are and where you want to go. What do I mean by that? Step One: Pull Your Credit ...
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The Four C’s: Analyzing a Credit Application
There are four major elements of a general underwriter’s guidelines in reviewing and analyzing a credit application for the lender. We like to call it the Four C’s: credit, capacity, collateral, and character. The Four C’s: Credit – The applications you submit immediately after bankruptcy, at the beginning of your ...
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What Makes Up Your Credit Score?
It’s one thing to decide that you are going to rebuild your credit score after bankruptcy, but it’s another thing to do it – particularly when you aren’t sure where credit scores come from. What makes up your credit score? Payment History (35%) Outstanding Debt (30%) Age of Your Credit ...
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Tell Your Bankruptcy Story: Your Very Own Sound Bite
According research, over 80% of bankruptcy petitioners have dealt with: illness, divorce, or unemployment. What’s your bankruptcy story? Prepare your very own 30-40 second sound bite explaining why you filed for bankruptcy protection. This is important because as you begin your quest towards a credit score of 720, you are ...
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Steps to Filing Bankruptcy During an Impending Divorce
There are many things to consider when making major life decisions like filing for bankruptcy, especially in the midst of, or an impending divorce. Protecting your credit is very important during this time for your financial freedom in the future. If your name is on the mortgage loan and you ...
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Obtaining Bankruptcy Protection
When a person needs bankruptcy protection, they often cannot afford to pay their attorney for filing the bankruptcy. In such a case, one could look to their family to assist them in paying these fees so that they can receive the protection they need. There is a possibility that a ...
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What Counts as an Asset to the Bankruptcy Court?
Some consumes fear filing for bankruptcy because of what they think the will have to give up. We all work hard for what we have. Even if what we have isn’t much, we still don’t want to have to give it up and start over. It makes bankruptcy seem like ...
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Bankruptcy Basics: What is Wage Garnishment?
Individuals who consider filing for bankruptcy have many reasons. Some have experienced life altering career changes. Others have endured long term medical conditions resulting in astronomical, unexpected bills. Still others are simply aware that their credit card balances are never going to drop to an attainable level. And others are ...
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