I’m twenty years old and I’ve just gotten started understanding credit. My beloved added me to one of his cards that he’s had since he was eighteen (8 years ago) and then I started getting all kinds of credit card offers because that spiked whatever score I had at that point. What I want to know is, what is your credit score when you first start out in life? What determines what score you have if you’ve never had any kind of credit cards or loans before in your life?

Also, what is the best way to jump start your credit? I want to buy myself a new car when I turn 21, but I want to be prepared. I have another year before that happens :)

 

I made a few mistakes here and there and have some medical bills on my credit report along with other collection accounts. I have 3 credit cards that I almost have paid off and project to have my credit report clear sometime this year. My question is once I have the credit cards paid off [...]

 

Other than maintaining your credit cards.. and paying everything on time..is there any OTHER way to raise a poor credit score?

 

I just paid off one of my credit cards completely, after having an outstanding balance of about $ 1,500 for 3 years. I should be means to pay off the 2nd one completely within a year’s time. I was just wondering if having finally paid off one of my credit cards will give any progress [...]

 

My husband and I are looking to buy a house soon and I want to get the best credit score possible for lenders to approve us. What should I do? Get more credit cards or move the ones I have to a 0 balance? What else?

 

I am currently monitoring my credit report from the 3 credit bureaus. I filed bankruptcy almost 2 years ago and I currently have no balances on any of the 4 credit cards I have and have never been late on a payment to them. I monitor my credit report with Experian and I now have [...]

 

I am going to buy my wife a new camry in Febrauary. We have a newborn and I want something more dependable and safer. I am going to have about 3 grand to put down and a 2001 Neon that is ours for a trade in. I am looking for a $ 20,000 auto loan. [...]

 

last year i paid most of my outstanding bills on my credit report and this year i applied and got 2 credit cards hoping to bump up my score. then i got my credit score and its 549!! that is horrible! what can i do to make it better?? i know i still have some [...]

 

My husband and i are taking steps to buying our first home, we are young and have credit cards but i think we might have too many will that effect us when it comes time to get approved for a loan? we’ve been on time always and we are very responsible with them but i [...]

 

On Dec 14th I made a huge payment spread through all my credit cards reducing most to $ 0 and leaving low balances on the rest ($ 20,000 paid towards revolving credit of $ 30,000). How long before it is reflected in my credit score? It’s been over a month and I don’t see any [...]

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