There is plenty of information on the web on the internet about credit repair. the vast majority of it is directing consumers toward expensive credit repair clinics and attorneys who will cost you large fees for repairing credit. Of course this is to be expected. The internet is the most far-reaching market place ever invented. But it is also the most difficult to search and it is even more difficult to know who to put stock in on the internet. The only person you know you can trust is yourself! So, when it comes to fixing your credit, you should turn to yourself first before you pay hundreds, if not thousands, to a credit repair company or a credit repair lawyer.
If you search “self credit repair” on Google, you will find the first link (below the comercial ones who spent thousands to get in the highlighted spots) is a link to the FTC. You should review that information. It is hugely important and should persuade you that repairing your credit by yourself is the absolute best place to start. I know from firsthand experience with clients who have done credit repair by themselves that it will also probably be the only thing you’ll have to do to repair your credit. Your success doing it on your own will probably be sufficient for your needs. The FTC website gives an example of a good dispute letter. You could easily use it. You would just have to cut and paste it into WORD and enter all the necessary information to generate your letters.
Entering all the information from the accounts you wish to dispute is the lengthy part of the process. You will need to commit several hours depending onhow many items you want to dispute. This is the task where most people become overwhelmed and turn to a credit repair company. How do you know if you are filling it in correctly? How do you know where to send the letters? How do you know what to send along with the letters? Why are you sending stuff with the letters? What are you supposed to dispute? What are you not supposed to dispute? It gets confusing.
Usually, if you are looking into repairing your credit it is because you were turned down for a car loan, a mortgage, or a credit card. My recommendation is that you should visit with the person who turned you down. Ask them what you ought to do? Discuss with them your credit report. Chat with them and go over everything on your report. Ask them if they could aid you in repairing your credit? It will probably be the case that your loan officer is familiar with these kinds of things. They read credit reports all the time. They know why people have the score they have. You can go over every account with your loan officer and determine what is accurate and inaccurate. Then you can use the letter made available by the FTC and dispute those accounts .
This is not difficult, but unfortunately, credit repair clinics would have you believe that it is because they want you to give up and sign on with them. Of course, they can produce the credit repair letters much more efficiently than you because they have staff whose job is to do just that.
Since this is a subject that attracts my interest, I spend time searching different credit repair websites and videos. I am not opposed to people making a paycheck, but I am against people charging large fees for really basic services. They hook you with free analysis, but your loan officer could do that for free too. I also understand the consumer’s situation. There’s a lot of confusion about the process and it is difficult to navigate. It is difficult. The fact is that most folks could to it on their own if they had the tools and a few hours to read the manual. But even having the manual there is the concern that you might mess something up. So it would seem that some manner of assistance is going to be necessary in the field of credit repair. That is why I advise you to speak with your loan officer.
In addition to credit repair companies, I have seen “credit repair software” that sells for $249. I viewed some demo videos and take it from me, you would be better in the hands of a credit repair company. The time it will take you to puzzle out the software is stupid and you still have to do all the data entry for every account you need to dispute.
My conclusion is that you should write the credit repair letters on your own because credit repair clinics and software are far too pricey. You should be able to locate good info on the internet for free or it’s likely that your loan officer could help you through the process so that you do it all right.