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Credit Cards For Bad Credit With Little To No Fees

Nov 3

Posted by Joseph Archibald in Credit Cards | Comments off

If you have been trying or are in need of finding credit cards for bad credit, presuming that your own credit history is not good, you could be or may well find that actually being accepted for one is far from easy. You may have made many an application only to be declined time and time again which can leave you feeling very disappointed and thoroughly disheartened too. So let’s look at some of the ways to get a credit card for bad credit, with particular emphasis upon those with little to no fees attached.

You may have spent time looking on the internet for such cards and although there are very many around, they do tend to have high fees involved, which is understandable due to the high risk nature of the credit involved. Often too, these cards will require that you deposit a sum of your own funds to secure the card. Fine if you have funds available for such a thing and you can leave those funds for some time to come. Not many of us with poor credit have money available for this.

Let us look at an example here. Let’s presume you wish to have a credit card with a low to no annual fee.

In this case there may be high annual fees in place instead.

What to do then? The only real answer to this is to continue to search and to compare many different credit card plans to see what best suits your needs. This is fairly easy to do on a decent credit card website and is not so time consuming either.

Do make very sure to read all the fine print though. Its easy to avoid one fee only to find that you are hit in the pocket with something else you did not even realize at the time of applying for the card.

However, even with these higher fees, the facts of the matter is that in the longer term its much more important to find a way to build up your credit rating again. So by all means do accept that right now you can’t really expect too much and you will have to pay that bit more and you may well suffer with a lack of flexibility in the terms and conditions.

You will probably have to pay more for this luxury right now but in the longer run you will be in a good position to forgo those credit cards for bad credit for something that is less expensive to use and more flexible to your needs.

Learn more about credit cards for bad credit and credit cards for people with bad credit.

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Have You Considered Challenging Negative Items on Your Credit Report?

Nov 3

Posted by Ben Casey in Credit | Comments off

How to Dispute Your Equifax Credit Report

Anxious to remove bad credit from your Equifax credit report?

In this process, obtaining a copy of your Equifax credit report is tantamount in order that you may review the credit report for any negative information listed. Following is a list of items which will affect your credit negatively:

third party actions involving charge-offs

court decisions, such as judgments

bankruptcy proceedings, such as Chapter 7 or Chapter 13

bank-initiated foreclosure proceedings

repossessions, i.e. auto, boat, or other personal property

garnishments

delay of payments

collections, paid collections, settled accounts

public records/judgments

A dispute letter to Equifax is the next step. You should draft a letter which outlines your reason for believing the reported information is inaccurate. Be sure to include your personal information in the letter.

Finally, you will need to wait 30-45 days to receive Equifax’s determination.

After I Mail My Dispute Letter, What Happens?

If you win your dispute with Equifax, you should continue to clear up any unresolved issues, including remaining inaccurate bad credit. Once you eliminate all traces of bad credit, you should focus on resolving any other discrepancies such as address and employment information.

Equifax will delete any negative item that cannot be verified. Be aware that Equifax, when notified by creditors, will update items on your credit report. Depending on what the creditors report, this could be bad or good information. For example, Equifax might revise your credit report to show additional late payments.

Expect the negative item to remain on your credit report for 7-10 years if you lose your dispute with Equifax. However, don’t lose heart! There are other options available to continue trying to rebuild your credit.

Methods beyond a simple dispute are more advanced and require the help of a credit professional. Some techniques an attorney might use include negotiating directly with the creditor, payment for deletion, or debt validation.

Keep in mind that credit reporting by a creditor is voluntary, while the seven year limit is imposed only on credit bureaus. As such, a convincing attorney can often persuade a creditor to erase a negative item from your credit report.

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