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There are many different credit repair companies. You can hire a credit repair “consultant,” a credit repair “law firm” or visit a credit repair “clinic.” There are some major differences in the services provided by these companies.

You may have heard that only time can repair bad credit, but the truth is that even time does not always repair issues that affect your credit rating. There are legal credit repair strategies that can help you repair bad credit issues, regardless of time.

Credit repair is one of those topics that most people are not familiar with and many of those that think they are, do not have a correct understanding of what credit repair really is. To help provide an introduction to the concept, provided below are answers to three common questions people have about credit repair. [...]

A HOAX? Have you seen the commercials about identity theft wrecking a person’s credit? Well, the truth is that if it happens to you, you can get a brand new social security number from the Social Security Administration. You can be sure that the people who make those commercials don’t want you to know about [...]

You have to be careful when choosing among the many credit repair businesses. Price may be a consideration, but experience and customer satisfaction are just as important.

There’s a lot of bad credit repair offers on the web today making bold claims to “increase your credit score by 100 points in 30 days! Guaranteed!” Or something like that. But beware! These bad credit repair systems can end up making your credit worse in the long run. So what do you do if [...]