Dec 11

It won’t be an overstatement to say that home appraisal is more important in today’s market than ever before. If you are looking to refinance, buy or sell a home, appraisal process is one you need to understand. What to expect, why it is so important today, what sorts of home appraisal tips can help you, etc. Just a couple of years ago with housing booming, appraisal seemed little more than a necessary cost of doing business, just another silly procedure lenders required. Today however, appraisal process is incredibly important because it is so tough to determine the real value of a home and with banks tightening credit, appraisal emerged as a key variable of whether your deal will get through.

There are many appraisal tips you can find, but the most important one is staying realistic. How much has the value of your house changed in the last 6 months is the 20 million dollar question and one that is hard to answer.

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Dec 11

If you need a cash back rewards credit card then you should first understand how the cash back programs work, and what to look for when choosing one. Getting a cash back credit card is a great option, but you want to make sure that you aren’t trading off other features that you might enjoy as well for the cash back rewards program. There are a few things to keep in mind when choosing a cash rewards program as well, which we’ll cover here, to make your choosing of a credit card with cash back or other features as simple and easy as possible.

The first thing that you should know about cash back rewards credit cards is how the rewards may be spent. Sometimes the rewards are not in the form of cash, but instead are offered as airline miles, or money off of a hotel room or other travel bonuses. You need to be aware of what type of rewards exactly that your cash back rewards credit card offers. If

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Dec 10

In the current economic climate, more and more credit card issuers are canceling the credit cards of the people who are not using them.

While this may make business sense for the large credit card companies, it can be devastating to a credit score because such a large percentage of your credit score is debt to credit ratio.

When it comes to credit cards, should it be “use it or lose it”?

Dec 10

Getting a car loan can be a real challenge if you have bad credit history. The process of looking for the right car loan can even be more daunting if you are not familiar with bad credit loans. You may find incredibly attractive offers from lenders and car dealers in the market but if you don’t really know what to look for, you may find yourself stuck in a bad deal.

In this article, let’s discuss important pointers that you should know before signing up that bad credit car loan application.

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Dec 10

Receiving phone calls from a debt collector is not a problem but when they begin to harass you it’s stressful

Dec 7

Bob Brooks, a 17-year veteran of the financial services industry, has written a new book about avoiding debt and credit problems and traps.
“Deceptive Money: A step-by-step guide to take your life back from the credit trap”, now available at book stores everywhere, talks about the “biggest financial crisis to face the American consumer since The Great Depression.

He offers great advice on how to get out of the debt trap, how to deal with debt collectors and more.

Read this interesting excerpt from a conversation with Bob Brooks, How to outsmart a debt collector, concerning his thoughts on the new credit card legislation, and how to deal with debt collectors and their ‘abusive and deceptive’ practices.

Dec 7

What can you do if there is a hard credit inquiry on report that you did not authorize? Well, the obvious thing is to dispute it. If you review your credit report and find credit inquiries you did not authorize, here is the process to go through to have these inquiries removed.

First, determine which hard credit inquiries you need to have removed. Look for the creditors that you never applied for credit with. Just keep in mind that certain creditors that you did apply for credit, may appear under different names on your credit report. Still it is worth a try to make sure. Look under Regular Inquiries section with a smaller print that states something like this – The following companies have received your credit report. Their inquiries remain on your credit report for two years. This is the only type of inquiry you should bother with.

Second, find addresses for each of the unrecognized credit inquirers.

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