Repair Your Credit Report - Increase Your Credit Score

Repair Your Credit Report - Increase Your Credit Score
Can Bad Credit be Deleted?
Yes, it can. Despite the fervent protestations of bureaucrats and credit bureaus everywhere, a simple fact remains: negative credit items are deleted from peoples' credit reports by the thousands each and every day. So if you have been worrying about bad credit, or haven't been able to get a car loan, or mortgage, don't despair. Bad credit items CAN be DELETED.
A couple of years ago, an attorney from Lexington Law. visited with a regulatory agency for a casual conversation with two agents. The Agency's office, as a matter of course, believed the major credit bureaus' claim that bad credit couldn't be deleted. The visiting Lexington Law attorney asked, "How many negative listings would you have to see deleted from consumer credit reports before you would believe that bad credit can be deleted: ten? fifty? a hundred? one thousand?" The agents responded with blank stares.
"How about 50,000 deleted negative listings, would that convince you?" continued the Lexington attorney. He pulled a stack of papers six inches high from his briefcase .
"In these pages, we have listed the permanent deletion of over 50,000. negative listings from our clients' files in the last two years alone," he explained. The government agents pulled the stack across the conference table and began to look through the pages, taking in the massive list.
"But have you deleted any bankruptcies?" shot back one of the agents, "we know that bankruptcies can't be deleted." The Lexington attorney leaned across the table and ran his finger down the first page.
"There's one deleted bankruptcy... and, there's another,... and another,... and another. Should I go on?" asked the Lexington attorney.
The agents sat back in their chairs. "You know," began the junior agent, "I have this one listing on my credit report that simply must belong to somebody else..." For more information on credit reporting, credit repair, identity theft, and other financial issues, go to the OnlineCreditProfessor.com Blog.
How is credit repair possible?
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) allows a consumer to challenge the information on his credit report on the basis of "completeness and accuracy." When a consumer files a dispute, the credit bureaus must contact the source of the credit information (the creditor) and confirm that the information is accurate, verifiable, and not obsolete. In some circumstances, the credit bureau is required to go beyond a simple verification of the creditor's own computer record. If, within 30 days, the credit bureau has not received verification from the creditor, then the credit bureau must promptly delete the credit listing. Learn More."

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