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Build A Good Credit Record By Managing Your Loans

by John Thackeray

You might suspect that you have bad credit since you get turned down for loans but you are not quite sure. Make use of your yearly free credit report to find out what your credit record really is like. You can get this report from the three big credit bureaus and this will give you a starting point if you want to build a good credit record.

This article is not going to go through the techniques of challenging the entries on your credit report - that will certainly help to improve your credit score but you still need to build a solid history and it might not make that much of a difference to your actual credit rating after all. We are going to take a look at some strategies to achieve this.

Unfortunately there is really no quick and easy way to improve your credit rating. You will have to do some work from your side and it is going to cost you. It will either cost you in time or in money or in self-discipline - or in all three!

You need to work out a plan. Sit down and look at your expenses realistically. Draw up a spreadsheet of your income and of your expenses. Take a look at all your credit related expenses - loans, credit cards and so forth. You want to pay of your short term credit the quickest - these include credit cards and short term personal loans. After that you can look at longer term loans such as car loans and home loans.

You need to take a look at your expenses to decide what you are going to sacrifice. You need to get some extra funds from somewhere! You need to take a good look at what you can potentially give up - entertainment springs to mind! Even your eating habits might give you some lee-way with regards to scraping together some extra funds - maybe you like fast foods. These are more expensive than cooking for yourself so it could be one way of saving some money. You need to take this money and put it towards paying off the credit card or loan with the shortest time period remaining.

You need to pay off the loan or credit card. If you have more cards, then close the credit card account, else you should keep it active and use it occasionally to maintain a good credit history.

Now, take the funds that you were paying towards this loan or credit card and take the total of the two and add it towards the repayments of the second longest commitment. Pay this one off. Take the total of the money that you have been paying towards this commitment and pay it towards your third longest credit commitment.

As you pay off your debts your credit score and your credit history will improve. You need to make sure that you do not overcommit yourself again with loans that you cannot afford. This will make your credit score take a dip again. - 41115

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Title: Build A Good Credit Record By Managing Your Loans
Author: John Thackeray
Email: articles.submit@tm4y.co.za
Keywords: credit repair,paying debt,credit score,credit history,credit,finance
Word Count: 510
Category: Finance:Credit
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