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    Getting your credit straight- insurers have access to all sorts of personal info, including motor vehicle record, credit record, and your history of claims with other insurers. It makes no sense to lie about your background, so never do it. Mistakes can happen, a glitch on a report could make you look like a worse risk than you actually are. If you have not done this, you should, in a few years, consider obtaining credit report from all three credit reporting services. You always

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    would be easy for Anytown Times attorneys to obtain copy of the records. Additionally, a copy of Dewey Love’s credit report will be able to show if he has outstanding child support payments. “The law requires credit reporting agencies to include information about overdue child support in your credit report.” (www.nolo.com, n.d.) Consequently, “child support arrears remain on your credit report for up to seven years, unless you make a deal with the child support enforcement agency.” (www.nolo.com

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    accountable for the negligence and poor treatment of affected consumers. The proposed new data security laws will present a greater burden to other corporations. Two such laws are the Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology (PROTECT), and Freedom From Equifax Exploitation (FREE) will attract more government scrutiny and limit the type of personal data that companies can collect from customers (Alperan, Carter, & Sofio, 2017). Wikileaks CIA Vault 7 was released

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    Headline: Can your Credit History or Score, lead to your Auto Insurance Coverage being Denied? What is the most important factor in getting auto insurance? Most would think that it would be your driving record. If you have more accidents or claims, then this could drastically alter your chances of either getting auto insurance or how high your rates are. There are some factors you cannot control when it comes to your insurance rates, such as age or gender. However, for the ones that you can control

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    Process Of Buying A Home

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    At the same time of earning credit scores, home buyers should save their income for the home’s down payment because people who have larger amount of down payment will have better chance to get the home they want to live in than the others. In this time, the average minimum of down payment

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    Delivers is performing. For example, Smith is going into the third year of operations struggling financially. HE Delivers largest customer is delinquent in submitting payments and without timely receipt of payment. Also, Smith is trying to improve her credit score, continue operating without timely accurate financial statements, and without incurring any additional debt. HE Delivers has a portion of their business operating in a charitable capacity by serving those who are disabled and underprivileged.

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    sour. Mistake No. 1 — Not Knowing Your Credit Score Make any credit-based purchase and lenders will obtain your credit score, a three-digit number that rates your creditworthiness. Consumer credit scores range from 300 to 850 with a higher credit score better for obtaining a low-interest rate loan. Higher rates are offered to consumers with lower credit scores, costing borrowers hundreds of dollars more in interest payments. You should obtain your credit score before shopping for a used car loan

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    The technological development in FICO scores, implemented in 1989, allowed people with bad credit scores to take out loans. Lenders use FICO scores to figure out who is a good or bad borrower. Since FICO scores do this, the interest rates that an individual receives is based on actual information and not assumptions, this decreases asymmetric assumption. Because of FICO scores, mortgages were then divided into three different groups of people due to FICO scores. Subprime mortgages were the ones that

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    debts 5). Ways debts affect a couple martial satisfactions 6). Effect of debt on your health 7). Improving relationship 8). Opportunity- Married Couples 9). Tips for getting out of debt 10). Conclusion. Key words: debt, martial satisfaction, credit score, money, conflict, and communication skills For Better or Worse: Impact of Debt on Newly Married Couples Introduction We all dream of, that special day, walking down the aisle and saying. “I do,” to the love of our life. However, after

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    their annual credit report for errors and make any necessary adjustments to improve their credit. Credit reports can be obtained through Equifax, Experian, or TransUnion and it is recommended that an individual request a report from each of the three National Credit Reporting Agencies to compare. Vera Gibbons, a personal finance expert states, “Sixty percent of your credit score is based on timely bill payment and within six to eight months an individual can see their credit score go up by simply

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