Credit Restoration Counselors

If you have less than perfect credit and want to repair it back to a positive state, you may want to enlist the help of a credit repair counselor. What is a credit repair counselor? I call it my mother since she’s a whiz with budgets and money. But a professional credit repair counselor is someone who will take a look at where you stand financially, help you go through your credit reports and identify areas where you can make changes to restore your credit rating and your credit score.

Credit repair counselors are everywhere these days. It’s big business since many Americans are finding themselves deeper and deeper in debt. In fact, over 9- million citizens carry an average debt of about $20,000 not including mortgages. That’s a lot! Most of it is credit card debt and it can balloon out of control before most people even realize they’re in trouble.

A credit repair counselor will help you work with your creditors to make payment arrangements or even obtain a debt consolidation loan to help pay them off. The counselor can help obtain better rates for you and even lower the interest rate you are paying on your outstanding balance. They’ll work with your creditors and help you with establishing a better relationship with them in the long run.

Once you have developed a plan with your credit repair counselor, they will help you develop a long-term plan that will help keep you from getting into the same situation you were in when you first contacted them. That means setting up a budget meetings with the credit repair counselor initially to address any issues that might arise in your financial dealings. They will give you tools to help you stick to your budget and stay out of trouble.

When looking for a credit repair counselor, do your homework before you sign on the dotted line. Check out their reputation with the Better Business Bureau and even your local Chamber of Commerce if they are local. Ask questions and pay close attention to the paperwork they are supposed to present you with.

A reputable credit repair counselor will advise you of your rights as a consumer, disclose the fees for their services in writing, and outline what will be happening during the time they will be working for you. If they seem to be making outlandish promises that seem too good to be true, don’t hire them and keep looking. A good credit repair counselor can be a great help toward making you more financially solvent and less stressed about your debts.

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Paying collections can still hurt your score

How Long Do Negative Items Stay on Your Credit Report?

The items on your credit report are called tradelines. They can either be
positive or negative. Positive tradelines help your credit score and
negative tradelines lower your credit score. Most negative items remain on
your credit report for 7 years from the date of first delinquency, but
there are exceptions:

Delinquencies (30 – 180 days late) remain for 7 years from the date of the
initial missed payment.

Collection Accounts remain on your credit report for 7 years from the date
of the initial missed payment that led to the collection (the original
delinquency date). When a collection account is paid in full, it will be
marked “paid collection” on the credit report.

Charged Off remain for 7 years from the date of the initial missed payment
that led to the charge off (the original delinquency date), even if payments
are later made on the charged-off account.

Closed accounts are accounts that are no longer available for further use.
Closed accounts may or may not have a zero balance. Closed accounts with
delinquencies remain 7 years from the date they are reported closed, whether closed by the creditor or by the consumer. Positive closed accounts remain at least 10 years.

Lost credit card – If there are no delinquencies, credit cards that are
reported lost will continue to be listed for 2 years from the date the card
is reported lost. Delinquent payments that occurred before the card was lost
are reported for seven years.

Bankruptcy- Chapters 7, 11, and 12 remain for 10 years from the filing date.
Chapter 13 remains 7 years from the filing date. Accounts included in
bankruptcy remain 7 years from the date they were reported as included in
the bankruptcy.

Judgments (child support, civil & small claims) remain on your report for 7
years from the date the judgment is filed.

Tax Liens – (city, county, state, and federal) Unpaid tax liens remain 15
years from the filing date. Paid tax liens remain 7 years from the paid date
of the lien.

Inquiries remain on your credit report for 2 years, with those in the last 6
months usually given the most consideration.

Positive Accounts remain indefinitely and paid positive accounts remain 10
years.

The credit experts at FixMyScore know credit law and how to use
the laws to your advantage. FixMyScore works with you during the dispute process to achieve the best possible outcome in eliminating negative items that are impacting your credit life. Our credit experts will analyze your credit report to target for removal the inaccurate, misleading and unverifiable items. The good news is that the reporting system itself is flawed, 96.7% of negative items are on the report WRONG!
Don’t become a victim to high interest rates and absurd fees.

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