Improve Credit Blog Category

Latest Blog Posts

  • How I Save $430 a Year on Books
    One of the most obvious, painless ways to save a ton of money is to borrow your books from the library instead of buy them. This is my ode to the library.
  • The Wrong Way to Improve Your Credit Score
    When you're improving your credit score, avoid these mistakes that will slow down your credit repair progress.
  • Credit Repair Company Busted for False ID Theft Claims
    Credit Restoration Brokers, LLC was recently charged by the FTC for violating the Federal credit repair law. The company "cleaned" their clients' credit reports by saying the consumers had been victims of identity theft.
  • The Cost of Marrying Someone with Bad Credit
    What better time to talk about couples and credit than the week leading up to Valentine’s Day? See how your partner's bad credit can cost you money each month.
  • Should You Marry for Love or Money?
    In honor or Valentine's Day, we put together a little road map that will help you answer that all-important question: should you marry for love or money?
  • How to Keep Your New Year's Resolution, Even after Optimism Betrays You!
    How are you doing on your financial New Year's resolutions? Working your way out of debt as you hoped? If you're faltering, don't worry! It's only February, and there are still plenty of ways to find the motivation you need to divorce debt in 2010.
  • Rodney Anderson Pioneers the Medical Debt Relief Act
    Should medical debt should hurt your credit score in the same way that other types of unpaid debt do? Rodney Anderson doesn't think so.
  • 6 Cool iPhone Apps for Controlling Credit and Debt
    The six best credit- and debt-related apps to help you pay down debt, protect you from identity theft, and even occasionally rescue your credit card from the dinner bill.
  • Are "New Credit Files" Real?
    One of the services offered by some credit repair companies is a new credit file, completely free of any credit history – good or bad. Are these new credit files real?
  • The 5 Most Common Credit Problems
    Low credit scores are caused by negative information on your credit report. There are numerous things on your credit that can influence your credit score, but here are some of the most common problems.
  • My Credit Journey - Starting at Rock Bottom
    When I was growing up, I could care less about credit. I didn't understand credit cards or loans - all I really wanted to do was buy cool clothes and go out a lot. I blew off paying student loan bills, never expecting to screw my future self up so badly. Here's my story.
  • Be Smart with Your Tax Refund
    How will you spend your tax refund this year? If you have debt (and, really, who doesn’t?), consider using your check from the IRS to do some serious good…for your credit score.