Saturday, February 3, 2018

What To Know About Credit Repair Companies

By Joshua Cooper


A number of individuals are often declined credit each year. In most cases, this happens when applying for a credit card, loan, home or car. While this is the case, there may be a chance the individual can clean up a report and reapply. In some cases, individuals can achieve this task by contacting creditors and working out payment plans. Whereas, at others, it may take working with credit repair companies in order to remove errors and negative marks on a report.

To understand how these companies work, one must first understand the definition of repair. Technically, when fixing a report, one must disrupt errors by filing a written dispute. In most cases, individuals can then deny these conflicts either online or through snail mail.

As a result, sometimes the only way a score can be raised is by removing any errors, falsehoods or multiple listings. While this is the case, in order to do so, individuals must often submit proof that the negative marks were created in error and not in relation to default on a loan or payment of a bill. After which, the agency will review the information and decide whether or not an adjustment can be made.

Repair companies often charge a flat fee for providing this service. As such, most often those contacting these companies are dealing with issues such as identity theft, or false charges which a past card holder may have never know about. Whereas, the most damaging marks on a report, and the most difficult to remove are those related to foreclosure and repossession.

In many cases, these companies represent individuals whom have bad credit ratings which just want to repair and update scores. While this is the case, it can often be difficult when all information on a report is legitimate. While individuals and companies can often talk to creditors and make payment arrangements, there is no guarantee a creditor will remove negative remarks from a report.

Another way to upgrade a credit score, is if there is a collection account that has been sold to a different collector. For, when this is the case, the same information can often be listed several times. Whether an individual, or company provides information in relation to these multiple listings, most often a reporting agency will remove all collection agencies to whom the debt is longer owed.

Even when an individual files a dispute, submits supporting documentation along with a valid explanation, it can still be difficult to get negative marks removed. For, unless there are multiple listings for the same debt by different creditors, identity theft or debt which has been paid off, it can often be difficult to see a rise in scores.

Basically, by running a free credit report, individuals can obtain enough information to assure the information stated is accurate. Which, if that is not the case and there are errors on a report due to activity one does not recognize, it can often take a long time to resolve the issues. For, in most cases, when this happens it is either due to identity theft or charges made to a card by someone other than the card holder whom had no idea the charges were made.




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