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

How Bad Is Repossession On Your Credit

Just how bad is repossession on your credit? It's one of the most severe derogatory marks you can have, signaling a serious default to future lenders. It can lower your...

How Do I Get A Repo Off My Credit

Getting a repo off your credit report is possible, but only if the information is inaccurate, incomplete, or cannot be verified by the lender. You cannot have a repo removed...

How To Build Credit While Incarcerated

Can you really build credit while incarcerated? The honest answer is that actively building new credit from inside is nearly impossible, but protecting and monitoring your existing credit is a...

What Is Personal Credit?

Personal credit is your financial reputation as a borrower, a record of how reliably you've repaid debts, distilled into a three-digit credit score that lenders use to predict your future...

How Do You Get An Eviction Off Your Credit

To get an eviction off your credit, you need to understand that evictions themselves are not directly listed on credit reports; the problem is typically an incorrect public record, judgment,...

USAA Pulls What Credit Bureau

The only documented fact from USAA is that it reports credit information to all four major credit reporting agencies: Experian, TransUnion, Equifax, and Innovis. Usaa pulls what credit bureau: the...

What Credit Card Is TBOM/CONTFIN

TBOM/CONTFIN is not a separate credit card type, but a single program descriptor for a Continental Finance credit card issued through The Bank of Missouri. Seeing this on your credit...