Covers obtaining credit reports, understanding scores, adding tradelines, and how evictions appear on reports.

What Is Adverse Credit History

An adverse credit history is a credit report that contains negative markers such as late payments, defaults, collections, bankruptcies, repossessions, or similar serious delinquencies. For U.S. federal student aid, the...

How To Get An Eviction Off Your Credit

An eviction usually does not appear on the three major credit reports; it more often shows up in tenant-screening reports and related court/public-record data. To get an eviction off your...

How Does An Eviction Affect Your Credit

An eviction filing itself is generally not reported to the three major credit bureaus, but the financial consequences of that eviction are what actually hurt your credit scores. The damage...

How Can I Get A Repo Off My Credit

To get a repo off your credit, you must prove the information is inaccurate, unverifiable, or past the reporting period, or you must negotiate directly with the lender for a...

Why Does Midland Credit Keep Calling Me

Midland Credit keeps calling because Midland Credit Management (MCM) is a debt collection agency that now owns a debt originally owed to another creditor, and its own website states it...

How To Check My Rental Credit For Free

You can check your rental credit for free by pulling your official credit reports through AnnualCreditReport.com, the only government-authorized website for that purpose. Since landlords and property managers typically review...

When Do Experian Update Credit Reports

When Do Experian Update Credit Reports When Experian updates credit reports, the information you see is refreshed every time you log in, giving you a current snapshot of your credit...

What Is A Credit Header

If you are searching for what a credit header is, the direct answer is that it is not a standard, documented feature in credit reporting, nor is it a mobile-phone...

How To Use Credit Responsibly

Responsible credit use means paying every bill on time, keeping your balances low, avoiding debt you don't need, and checking your credit reports regularly. You'll learn the specific actions that...

What Credit Companies Use Equifax

What Credit Companies Use Equifax No public list exists that names every credit company using Equifax, because lenders choose which bureaus to pull based on their own criteria, and that...

How Does Discharged Debt Affect Your Credit

Discharged debt credit impact means the debt is legally canceled and you are no longer liable to repay it, but the discharged account and the bankruptcy itself will remain on...