vetassistant1984 asked:
i had a couple credit cards become charged off/sent to collections. i finally got with it after 180 days late (that is the maximum of one of them, the other maximum was 150 days late), and finally got them all paid off except for one that i am doing monthly payments on, and on time. so that was 6 credit cards to one remaining. so now that i want to re-apply for credit such as a personal loan for school purposes these previous delinquent accounts are still on my credit report and show up as delinquencies, charged off, paid. and everytime i apply for something ‘previous serious delinquencies’ is usually the reason for denial of credit. so if i cannot be approved for a loan or any sort of credit do to these previous delinquencies which i have learned do not get removed until 5 years. how can i re-build my credit if i get denied for it? how can i make my credit report look good if no one will accept my credit as is? is there anything i can do to improve it or do at all? thank u for any hep
one of the previous delinquent credit cards went to a lawyer firm and it was over 1,000. i just finished making the last payment last month and he said i was approved for a clear credit program, where they delete that one card from my credit report as if it never existed. compared to my previous delinquencies, will this help me or hurt me?
Larry
i had a couple credit cards become charged off/sent to collections. i finally got with it after 180 days late (that is the maximum of one of them, the other maximum was 150 days late), and finally got them all paid off except for one that i am doing monthly payments on, and on time. so that was 6 credit cards to one remaining. so now that i want to re-apply for credit such as a personal loan for school purposes these previous delinquent accounts are still on my credit report and show up as delinquencies, charged off, paid. and everytime i apply for something ‘previous serious delinquencies’ is usually the reason for denial of credit. so if i cannot be approved for a loan or any sort of credit do to these previous delinquencies which i have learned do not get removed until 5 years. how can i re-build my credit if i get denied for it? how can i make my credit report look good if no one will accept my credit as is? is there anything i can do to improve it or do at all? thank u for any hep
one of the previous delinquent credit cards went to a lawyer firm and it was over 1,000. i just finished making the last payment last month and he said i was approved for a clear credit program, where they delete that one card from my credit report as if it never existed. compared to my previous delinquencies, will this help me or hurt me?
Larry
#1 by bill g on May 20, 2010 - 3:26 am
Todd
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#2 by bordercenturion on May 23, 2010 - 11:37 am
Gertrude
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#3 by toanlysd on May 25, 2010 - 11:25 pm
Tammy
The only way you can re-build your credit now that no one wants to lend to you, is through a secured loan or line of credit. These need to be 100% secured with cash though.
#4 by cpaige517 on May 28, 2010 - 4:44 am
Chester
Secured loans will do you a lot of good right now. It’s takes time to mess up your credit and it takes time to fix it but it can be done. Not only that, there are some things you can do in the free time to help give your credit a boost. Such as a secured loan. Check out . There’s a lot of info there.
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Jared
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#6 by benbardot on May 31, 2010 - 2:27 pm
Delores
Bar something illegal or identity change it’s hard to say how you can make your credit report look good. When fixing credit, patience is the key. To fix your credit yourself visit for some tips
#7 by gabriel jones on June 1, 2010 - 3:29 am
Antonio
Bad credit is one of the worst problems to have… however there exists a solution.
I will hereby talk from my personal experience.
I did debt consolidation a couple of years ago, however If I had to do it again I would pay to some minor details,
if someone wants to get out of debt today it is pretty easy with a debt consolidation plan, however it may get a bit tricky at times, I suggest you get as much information as possible online on this first,
a good place to start in my humble opinion is astraight to the point ebook with question and answer I found :
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#8 by jamesPurple on June 1, 2010 - 7:03 am
Tracy
You can improve your credit score.
There you go :
Good luck !
#9 by dadandjeri on June 4, 2010 - 6:08 pm
Francis
I had problems just like you are having and here is what i did, i thought about going through debt consolidation but they charge outrages fees, since you are paid up on all credit cards except 1, you can do one of two things.First off all call the other 5 companies and ask them to change the late payment information on it since you are paid up to date, normally they do that as they have got there money and want to keep your business, if some of them do not do that, go ahead and get a credit report(get all three(there are a lot of websites that do 3:1 credit report) and it costs about $35, go ahead and appeal all the negative things you have on there but are paid and say they were never late(you can do it online),if the lender doesnt contact the buerau in 30 days they get deleted from you history, this is what happened on mine. It worked for me and it only costs you a few dollars and a couple hrs of your time.Good Luck with this,
#10 by VT on June 5, 2010 - 3:07 am
Dean
“one of the previous delinquent credit cards went to a lawyer firm and it was over 1,000. i just finished making the last payment last month and he said i was approved for a clear credit program, where they delete that one card from my credit report as if it never existed. compared to my previous delinquencies, will this help me or hurt me?”
Deleting a delinquent account will usually improve your score, if it was already closed.
Get that attorney’s promise in writing. Spoken words are worthless.
The trade lines for the Original Creditor and for the Collection Agency must be removed 7, not 5, years after the charge off, and the charge-off date is at most 180 days after you first became delinquent.
To rebuild your credit, try for a secured credit card, for which you deposit enough cash to cover your credit limit. You can find offers at bankrate.com. Call the company and ask for all the fees you’ll be charged up front, annually and monthly; they can be big, so compare cards. When you are issued a secured card, keep the balance at no more than 30% of your credit limit, else your FICO credit score will suffer. (Myth-buster: carrying a balance month-to-month and paying interest will NOT improve your score. It’s better to make small charges each month and pay them off in full.) After six months of charges and ontime payments, ontime every time, your score will improve, and lenders may approve you for a non-secure card. Some secured cards can be converted to non-secure cards after 6 -12 months of good behavior: you can get your deposit back
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