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What is Credit Repair?
Credit repair is the process of improving a poor credit score by addressing or removing negative items that could be listed on your reports inaccurately. Although the Fair Credit Reporting Act outlined the right for Americans to have accurate credit reports, credit reporting agencies require you to navigate complicated online systems and send a series of formal dispute letters in order to fix your credit.
To make credit repair easier, Green Tree Credit Up can identify and challenge questionable items on your behalf. Using our credit repair process, our clients have seen over several negative items removed from their credit reports since our founding.
How We Help Fix Your Credit
1. Credit Report Analysis
We obtain your credit reports and create a plan targeting the questionable negative items affecting your credit score.
2. Credit Disputing
Our team will send the appropriate correspondence to dispute and challenge the inaccurate negative items on your behalf.
3. Dispute Escalating
For negative items requiring additional correspondence, we keep the process going and ensure your credit rights are fairly represented.
4. Credit score analysis and Mentoring
Through the online portal, we offer 24/7 access to your credit score analyses' and credit counseling solutions to help you reach your credit goals
Maintaining Good Credit
If your credit report is already free of errors and negative items, credit repair will not help you raise your credit score. After your report is clean, raising your score comes down to practicing good credit habits and being mindful of how a credit score is calculated. For more detailed insight on improving your credit, here are the five main factors that affect your score:
- Payment History & Late Payments: 35%
- Credit Utilization: 30%
- Number of Credit Inquiries: 15%
- Length of Credit History: 10%
- Credit Diversity & Types of Credit: 10%
How Much Will a Negative Item Hurt my Credit Score?
According to CreditCards.com and CNNMoney, even a single negative on your credit could cost you over 100 points. Negative items on your credit could cost you thousands of dollars in higher interest rates, or you could be denied altogether.
NEGATIVE ITEM | SCORE DECREASE |
Late Payment | up to 110 points |
Debt Settlement | up to 125 points |
Foreclosure | up to 160 points |
Bankruptcy | up to 240 points |
Collection | up to 110 points |
Hard Inquiry | up to 15 points |
What's your credit costing you?
A fair credit score could cost you thousands of dollars in interest over the lifetime of a loan.
Why Good Credit Matters
We have the tools to help you fix your credit. Get start and receive a FREE consultation today!
FAQ
Below are a few of the most commonly asked questions we receive. We want to educate our customers on exactly what services we will be performing for them. Always feel free to call or e-mail us if you have any questions or concerns about our service.
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If you've had a credit card application denied, it could be a sign that you need credit repair. Credit card companies are required to send you an adverse action notice letting you know the specific reasons that your credit card application was denied. If you were denied because of information in your credit report, you're entitled to a free copy of the report.
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Your Electricity Is in Someone Else's Name
Utility services are among the many businesses that use a credit check to decide whether to extend services to you. If you can't establish electricity or any other service in your name, it's time to repair your bad credit. Check your credit report to learn what negative items are affecting your credit score.
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Debt Collectors Are Calling You
When debt collectors start calling you it means your creditors have given up trying to get you to pay your bills. These collection accounts most likely appear on your credit report and affect your ability to get approved for credit cards and loans. Credit repair involves paying off these collection accounts or disputing them from your credit report if they don't belong to you.
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You Can't Find Anyone to Co-Sign Your Loans
When you need credit repair, you probably won't get approved for any loans on your own. If you can't get any of your family and friends to co-sign for you, then you desperately need credit repair. Once you improve your credit, you'll be able to get loans without having someone sign for you.
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Your Credit Report Is Keeping You From Getting a Job
Many employers use your credit report to make hiring and promotion decisions. This is especially true for financial and top executive positions. Putting off credit repair can keep you from getting the jobs you apply for. Not all employers check credit as part of the hiring process. While you work on improving your credit score, consider taking a job that doesn't do credit checks.
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Landlords Won't Rent to You
Landlords check credit too. Bad credit can keep you from getting into a rental property, especially a larger apartment complex. Some landlords may be lenient on one or two late payments, but serious delinquencies will get your application turned down. To save yourself the embarrassment of being denied for an apartment, improve your credit history before you start looking for a new rental.
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You're Afraid to Check Your Own Credit Report
"I don't have time." "I don't know how." Bad credit can lead you to make excuses about checking your credit report when the real reason you don't check your report is that you're afraid to see what's on it. The sooner you check your credit, the sooner you can work toward creating a credit report you're proud of.
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Your Credit Score Is Low
These days a credit score below 720 is considered sub-prime. If your credit score is below 650, you definitely need credit repair. If you don't know your credit score, now's a great time to check to see where you stand.
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Your Interest Rates Keep Going Up
Credit card issuers often raise interest rates as a result of information on your credit report. When you're late on payments to other creditors or a new collection account appears on your credit report, you might get an interest rate increase letter. Repairing your credit can help ensure you get the best interest rates on your credit cards and loans.
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Card Issuers Are Closing Your Credit Cards
Having just one credit card closed by your card issuer might not be a big deal. When several of your credit cards get closed, it's a sign there's something wrong with your credit. Calling your credit card company may shed some light on what's wrong. Chances are you to repair your credit to improve your credit standing.
CHALLENGE
We challenge your questionable negative items with all three bureaus, ensuring your credit reports are accurate and fair.
DISPUTE
We ask your creditors to verify the negative items they’re reporting. If they can’t, they are required by law to stop reporting them.
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