Credit Repair - How To Deal With A Credit
Bureau
Having good credit is an essential tool in today's economy - it allows
you to have a credit card, to obtain car and house loans, and many
other conveniences. While you can live without good credit, a bad
credit rating will certainly affect you negatively throughout your life. The
key to your credit rating lies with a credit bureau. There are a handful
of credit bureaus in North America that handle all reports - positive and
negative - from creditors to create a credit report specific to you. If
you have a poor credit history, you must take steps to engage in credit
repair, and one of the first and most essential tools is to learn how to
effectively deal with your credit bureau.
Credit repair begins with determining which credit bureau holds your
file. To do this simply look at any rejection letter from a credit
application - the letter, in refusing you credit, will indicate which bureau
proved the rating. The next step is to obtain your credit history. Keep in
mind that legally it is always free to obtain your credit history if you
have recently been denied credit, although many organizations will
imply that it is not. The only time you should pay money for a credit
report is if you want to receive it instantly, in which case credit bureaus
will provide an instant online report for a fee.
When dealing with a credit bureau, understand that they are in the
business of collection and selling information. For this reason, it is in
your interest to never provide them with any information that is not
legally necessary. Legally, you only need to provide a credit bureau
with your name, social security number and legal address in order to
obtain your credit report. The bureaus may request a copy of your
social security card, and - if the address they have on file is different
from your current one - a copy of something proving your address.
Although they may ask for a driver's license to prove your address,
send them a copy of a bill showing your address. The reason you want
to be cautious when dealing with credit bureaus is that they own many
collection agencies, and if you have a credit problem you want to give
them as little information as possible with which to harass you with.
Once you have received the report, examine it closely for any errors. If
anything is in question, send a written request for an investigation to
the credit bureau. Legally, the onus is on the credit bureau to
document anything on your credit report - if they cannot document it
within 30 days, it must be removed. This is the basic strategy of many
credit repair companies that charge exorbitant fees: challenge
everything negative. In many cases if the negative item is more than a
few years old it will be difficult to verify and the item will be removed.
By learning to properly deal with a credit bureau you can engage in
effective credit repair that other companies change high fees for. By
educating yourself as to the legal obligations of the credit bureau, you
can, in many cases, repair your own credit quickly and effectively.
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