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Credit repair
Title:
Credit repair
Author:
Loftsgordon, Amy, author.
ISBN:
9781413332094
Personal Author:
Edition:
16th edition.
Physical Description:
308 pages ; 23 cm
General Note:
Revised edition of the authors' Credit repair, 2022.

Includes index.
Contents:
Your credit repair companion -- The elements of credit repair -- Credit reports and credit scores: the nuts and bolts -- The first step to a better credit score--cleaning up your credit report -- Assess your financial situation -- Reducing current expenses and debts -- Finding money to pay your debts -- Negotiating with creditors and debt collectors -- Getting help negotiating and managing debts -- Building positive credit history -- Choosing and using credit cards -- Avoiding and dealing with identity theft -- Appendixes.
Abstract:
"The sensible strategies in this book will help the reader take control of their finances, clean up their credit report, and rebuild their credit. This book discusses how to prioritize debts and create a budget, reduce debts and cut expenses, negotiate with creditors, correct credit report errors and remove old information, add positive information to a credit report, adopt strategies to rebuild credit, and avoid identity theft and credit repair scams"-- Provided by publisher.