Credit Score Builder

2010-02-26T08:07:00.000-08:00

There is some important facts you should know about the credit bureaus and how they respond to credit disputes. Lately they have included notices when they follow up and respond with their results of the credit dispute investigations. One credit bureau in particular, Experian, notifies consumers with a rather stern warning that insinuates that it may be illegal to dispute certain items that you feel may be inaccurate. Their language also indicates that if you hire the services of a Credit Repair Organization, that you may be breaking the law and that you risk having the "authorities" get involved if you do so.

I can tell you in so many words that this is false. First, Experian refuses to let consumers purchase their FICO scores. Now they don't want to investigate inaccuracies on your credit report. The reason? People buy scores, not credit reports. They want to discourage consumers from seeing their scores simply because by knowing your score, you would probably be more inclined to initiate a credit dispute. That's their first strategy to stop your disputes. The letter is their second strategy. Its a shameful scare tactic they hope will keep you from disputing again.

You have the right under federal law to dispute ANY item you feel is inaccurate, misleading, or incomplete according to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Not only that, but it is perfectly LEGAL to hire a 3rd party, credit repair service to dispute on your behalf. The Credit Repair Organizations Act was implemented to protect you from scams. If credit repair was illegal, why would the government create an Act to dictate the rules a credit repair service must adhere to? They would'nt if it was illegal.

I think the best course of action is to learn all you can with the huge amount of information available online about how to repair your credit on your own, instead of hiring a credit repair company. Credit repair companies are very expensive. There is a lot of resources, books, kits, etc available to show you how to do it on your own. Arm yourself with this information and take control of your credit today!

The first step when repairing your credit is to always know your credit scores. You can find out here
GetMyCreditScores
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CreditRepairSecrets

2010-02-23T13:32:00.000-08:00

Get Your Credit Scores

Don't think that you only need to get your credit scores once, and all will be fine. You need to get your credit scores on a regular basis- Several times throughout the year. Be sure to check your full report as well, including any new items or negative entries that may pop up. If you notice anything odd or anything you don't recognize (such as a charge account you did not open) report it immediately. It very well could be someone attempting to steal your identity, or even a mistake made in reporting by the credit bureaus. Either way, identity theft or reporting mistakes both can take a toll on your credit score. Repairing your credit and credit errors improves your credit score. If you think you have been the victim of identity theft, take action at once:

1) Contact all three credit bureaus and ask to speak to the fraud department. Explain that you have been the victim of identity theft (or believe you may have been) and ask that an "alert" be placed on your file. This will let anyone looking at your report know that you may have been the victim of fraud. It will also mean that you will be alerted any time a lender asks to look at your file - each time a lender does look at your file, it may be an indication that the identity thieves are trying to open a new account in your name.

In some states, you can even ask for a freeze to be placed on your credit score and credit report which will prevent anyone but yourself and those creditors you already have from accessing your file. Any lenders the thieves contact to set up a new account will be refused access and the thieves will not be able to get any more money in your name. You are entitled to a free copy of your credit report if you have been the victim of identity theft. Be sure to take advantage of this offer so that you can check exactly how your credit has been affected. I've included a free resource at the end of this article where you can get your free credit report and your credit scores.

You should also call the Social Security Fraud Department. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the internet in my name. The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit.

2)Immediately file a police report. Identity theft is a crime and you need to file a police report (be sure to keep a copy of this report) so that you can help the police potentially catch the criminals responsible. Contacting the police will also give you a paper trail and proof that a crime has been committed. Keeping a paper trail of the crime and your response will make it easier for you to repair your credit if it has been damaged by identity thieves.

3)Call the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at 1-877-438-4338. This is the special hotline that the FTC has set up to help customers deal with fraud and identity theft. You will be able to get up-to-date information about your rights and advice as to what you can do to improve your credit score and keep in safe in the future.

4) Make sure to alert all of your creditors that you think someone has applied to with your identity.. Ask to speak to the security department and explain your situation. You may need to have your accounts closed or at least your passwords changed to protect yourself. You may also need to fill out a fraud affidavit to state that a crime has been committed - be sure to keep a copy of this form for your records.

An important security step: Take all the contents of your wallet out and photocopy the front and back of each credit card, your license, and any other membership cards etc. believe me, you will be glad you did this if and when your wallet goes missing. The back of each credit card has the important 800 numbers you need when calling to cancel each card. You will be glad these numbers are handy. Keep a copy of this information filed away in a safe place or even a fire proof safe if you have one. I keep my copies of my wallet contents together with my original birth certificate, social security card, and other sensitive documents in a small fire proof safe.

The first step when repairing your credit is to always know your credit scores. You can find out here
GetMyCreditScores
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2010-02-15T15:12:00.000-08:00

Today I have an unheard of, little-known dispute strategy that can work in situations where the credit bureaus have determined that the prior dispute was"verified as belonging to you". This is also good to use as a specific strategy and unique approach because it goes well beyond the general reasons for disputing such as "not mine", or "I was never late", etc. In fact, even if the credit bureaus rejected your "not mine" dispute, and concluded that the item in question was verified as belonging to you, there is no reason that you cannot dispute the item again.
Only this time around, you are going to get very specific and force the credit bureaus to actually do some work and investigate. (typically they use codes and rarely do they do anything that even remotely resembles investigating).
So instead of sending a general dispute letter claiming that the item isn't yours or that you have no knowledge of the account, you will attack specific listings and figures reported in the account. Here are some examples of what I mean:
The item is being reported as an "open" account. This is not accurate, please delete this.
The item has never been 90 days late, please remove it.
The account is being listed as an "installment account". This false, please remove it.
This account is showing an inaccurate balance. Please correct the balance amount, or remove it.
The end of the 7 year reporting period should be listed as 6/2010. Please correct or remove this.

I think you get the idea. Be specific with inaccuracies with the tradeline. Many tradelines are incomplete as well as inaccurate. When you force the credit bureaus to actually look into the account, they have to put in work, which they usually try to avoid. You are also avoiding being catagorized or considered in the group of "Not mine" disputes, so they are doing more than checking whether the creditor confirms it belongs to you or not. And keep in mind, at no point did you claim the listing doesn't belong to you...you want to hold the creditor and the credit bureaus to the law under the FCRA. And that means if they cannot prove that the listing is complete and/or accurate, it MUST be removed from your credit report. Give this powerful method a try. You will find it is very effective. You can find little-known methods like this and many, many other rare techniques that most people have no clue even exist----> RightHere

2010-02-13T10:20:00.001-08:00

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2006-09-21T14:00:00.000-07:00

Several questions were asked about how a creditor might respond to this lawsuit of slander of credit. I can say for a fact that a small percentage of the creditor's attorneys have challenged the lawsuit, but the majority have either failed to respond or were willing to work out a settlement. And by settlement, I mean they have agreed to instruct their client (creditor) to delete all derogatory information in return for me to stipulate to dismiss the case.

However, I want to elaborate on what one particular creditor tried to do (unsuccessfully) inorder to fight the case. They had requested a motion for summary disposition claiming that I had "failed to indicate the common law or statutory basis upon which I was relying". He argued: "Plaintiff has failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, and Defendant is entitled to a summary disposition". And, "Plaintiff has no private right of action under the FCRA"

Here is an brief explanation of a request for summary disposition as it applied to my case and basically what the Defendant was claiming.

MCR 2.116(C)(10) permits the court to grant a motion for summary disposition where there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. The party opposing the summary disposition has the burden of showing that a genuine issue of disputed facts exist. TopevsHowe 176 MICH App 91 (1989). The party opposing the motion may not rest on mere allegations or denials in the pleadings, but must, by affidavits or as otherwise provided by court rules, set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial. Dept of Social Services v Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 177 Mich App 440 (1989). Where the opposing party fails to produce documentary evidence establishing a material issue of fact, summary disposition is properly granted. Stanton v dachille, 186 Mich App 247 (1990)

Well, the problem the attorney had by citing this law for summary disposition is that I was able to produce documentary evidence by way of restricted certified mail (papertrail) of all of my disputes, mailings, credit bureau disputes,cancelled checks proving payments, copies of my credit reports showing inaccurate entries, etc. This was enough for the judge to deny the motion for summary disposition.

Next, after failing the summary disposition route, plan B was for the attorney to claim that I failed to show that the furnisher of information (creditor/Defendant) received notice from a consumer reporting agency, as opposed to the Plaintiff alone, that the credit information is disputed. Young v Equifax Credit Info. Services., Inc 294 F.3d 631 (5th Cir.2002) Here, they were claiming that I made no allegation that I had even disputed the matter with any of the credit bureaus! And again, I was able to show a solid papertrail of all of my disputes.

So, it is vital to insure that before you bring a case against a creditor for slander, defamation, etc., that you exhaust all other options required under the law. This obviously means disputing with the bureaus and disputing or requesting verification with the creditors. Fortunately, I discovered an excellent resource that will guide you step-by-step if you really want to EASILY and successfully bring a lawsuit against a creditor. Click right here now and bring your creditors to their knees------->
Sue Your Creditor Who Violate Your Rights for 1000s

2006-08-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

Wow. I apologize for the delay in posting here. Outside of my regular job as a lender rep, I have been busy consulting with many people that my mortgage brokers (my clients) have been referring to me. These are potential borrowers typically with scores in the 420-510 range!

One of the most common questions that I hear from those that I explain this process to is: "I want to learn this technique of utilizing the court system you talk about, but I'm not so sure I want to get in front of a judge and attorneys because it can be intimidating." Or: "who am I to get up in a crowded courtroom to presnt a case in front of a judge?" Well, the beauty of this process is that if all steps are followed correctly, you never have to "go to trial" or spend alot of time arguing in front of the other side or in front of a judge. The bulk of the process is filing paperwork with the court clerk. Eventually, the only time you face the judge is in an informal hearing or, what's called "motion day" where you basically ask the judge to sign your motion for entry of default judgment. And the beauty of this is, all that the judge is doing at this point is making sure that all of the necessary documents are in the file and properly recorded by the court clerk. Most importantly, is the proof of service. I'm getting ahead of myself though

So let's assume your efforts at credit repair have been mediocre at best, but for the most part hit or miss with alot of frustrations, and alot of derogs that just won't disappear. You have determined that its time to step it up a notch. You're convinced many creditors are in violation of the FCRA http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/031224fcra.pdf and/or the FDCPA. It's time to hold them accountible. The first step is to write up a complaint for slander of credit and defamation of character. Basically in your complaint you are stating that the defendants (creditors) have continued to report inaccurate information on your credit file that has prevented you from receiving financing and has financially damaged you with higher interest rates, insurance, etc. Your complaint however does not ask for financial damages (although it could, but thats another topic I'll discuss later), it simply asks for "specific action", namely that "the court deem all of the reported information as inaccurate, and for the defendants to immediately instruct all three credit reporting agencies to delete all of the derogatory reported information". This is essentially the complaint I filed in my local circuit court. Once the case was filed, I filled out a summons for each and every defendant (I had 12!), and had a freind (a process servor) personally serve the local defendants, and serve the out of state defendants via certified restricted mail to their respective resident agents. At this point it became a waiting game. While we're waiting the 28 days for the defendants to respond, I prepare the additional paperwork that will have to be filed eventually with the court. I will explain this and more in my next post. I promise it will be sooner than it took for me to post this 2nd posting. In the meantime, I will try to answer any questions provided they are posted HERE. I have been getting bombarded with emails at my through my private email addresses, so if you want to make a comment or ask a question, please do so here. Thanks!!

2006-06-13T09:28:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Credit Score Builder! I created this blog to share my many years experience in the mortgage and credit industry. In addition to being a mortgage professional for the last 9 years...I consider myself a "veteran" of do-it-yourself credit repair as evidenced by stacks and stacks of letters I've crafted over the years that have been used to successfully delete late pays, judgments, collections and even entire tradelines.

As a sales manager in the Subprime Wholesale Mortgage industry, I've seen and deciphered many heinous credit reports, and have become very well versed in how the CRAs (credit reporting agencies) tick. Since I became overwhelmed with credit reports with mid scores under 500, I was forced to do 1 of 2 things...turn away these potential borrowers, or find a way to improve their fico scores above the magic 500 mark. I found myself acting as an "unpaid consultant" advising these potential borrowers on repair techniques that I used successfully to build their scores and thus qualify for a loan.

However, I had serious credit cleaning of my own that required attention. So, for a solid 4 month period I had committed to my own credit repair efforts. With the help of an attorney who happens to be a good friend;-) I stumbled on to a strategy No one was using. We were literally pioneers in this area!

Before I knew it, I had developed a proprietary technique that no one else was using to dramatically increase fico scores. This technique goes way beyond dispute letters and involves using the courts In Pro Per(without the services of an attorney) to force deletions that creditors and the CRAs MUST abide by.

I'll never forget the day I walked out of that courtroom with a signed court order demanding that 12 creditors immediately remove ALL derogatory information they had been reporting!!

From that day on I knew that all I had to do was apply the very same steps to ANY credit report for the same results. I am now currently advising several friends, acquentances, business associates, referrals, etc of how I used the court to DEMAND the removal of negative information, and to DEMAND that the FCRA will be followed and not violated for the ultimate goal of improving FICO scores and cleaning up credit reports.

I will be posting here to discuss this technique, and would also like to hear from those who have maybe attempted to use the courts themselves, successfully or unsuccessfully,to remove derogatory credit.