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Credit Repair Companies and Credit CounselingJeanette Joy Fisher Lets be crystal clear, right up front. Paying someone to "fix" your credit is a waste of your time and money, since the negative issues that are temporarily removed from your file will only reappear again in a couple of months. Be careful with credit repair scams. Most "credit repair" companies really dont help. In fact, you can improve your credit more effectively on your own. By using credit repair companies, you may also be opening yourself up to identity theft, unsolicited emails, and direct mailings. Protect yourself; dont ever share your personal information with strangers or give up your right to handle your own financial affairs as you see fit. Another important point: credit counselors only promise to get you out of debt, not to improve your credit. Some companies will have you send them a check every month, out of which theyre supposed to pay your creditors for you. However, some credit counselors will often pay your bills late, which means that your credit report soon becomes filled with "over 30 days late" notations and your credit score drops even lower than it was. "Debt negotiators," posing as non-profit organizations, can ruin your credit even further, advising you not to pay your credit card bills at all. They also charge upfront fees, maintenance fees, and monthly fees, all of which are supposed to be placed in a "trust" account. Then, after many months have passed, debt negotiators finally convince creditors to settle for less money than was owed, making yours an "uncollectible account." That tactic not only ruins your credit, due to the many "over 90 days late" remarks and collections notations, but all the money you supposedly saved -- which was actually money you owed -- will be considered as income by the IRS! In other words, if you owed $20,000 and settled for $12,000, youd be required to list the $8,000 difference as income! Credit repair companies promise to help clear up your credit problems. They write letters to credit bureaus, stating that various listed information is false, so the agencies will remove that information while they investigate your account. During that time, the credit repair company sends you a clean credit report, thereby giving you the false impression that you now have good credit. But after youve paid off the credit repair company, youll discover that all the negative items will soon reappear on your report. Remember: only incorrect items must be removed from your credit report if theyre proven to be false. If the black marks on your credit report are correct, no one can have them removed, regardless of what credit repair companies may try to tell you. Working with collectors to remove negative remarks is possible, but that’s another article. Some credit repair agencies can probably do a reputable job removing items that are truly incorrect, such as: items after a bankruptcy that should have been removed, double items, children’s items on parents’ reports, and paid-off items that still show past due. Some people really just dont like dealing with this kind of thing, so a reputable credit restoration company can help with these problems. If youre seeking legitimate financial help to buy a home, the best place to turn is to a mortgage broker. Theyre the ones who can offer you the best FREE advice for settling credit disputes and problems, so when you find yourself in difficulty, consider using a mortgage broker as your credit counselor. c Copyright 2004, Jeanette J. Fisher. All rights reserved.
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