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garystidham

Member since: August 2010

Total Contributions: 408

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Co-signed for auto for daughter. Car was repossed. What can I do to show no negligence.

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 nothing as a cosigner you are liable for the debt they can come after you for it if they want it will look like it was you that had the reposetion because you are on the loan

Response posted 2 months ago

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Investing and Credit Scores

no it doesnt

Response posted 4 weeks ago

My transrisk score is 560 but my vantage score is 660

the only score that matters is fico your fico is closer to your lower score

Response posted 1 month ago

paid the collection agency but original creditor stills shows balance

yes they are   you can tray to chalange it it might get cahange

Response posted 1 month ago

Is it better to get a home equity line of credit vs. home equity loan to refinish basement?

a line of credit or a home equity loan will boath put a line aganst your house a line of credit if you use the total line of credit it will appear as a maxed out credit card on your credit  report but a equity loan will look like a new loan witch wont affect your credit as much

Response posted 1 month ago

Does using Credit Karma lower your credit score?

no it doesnt affect your score

Response posted 1 month ago

Why do some accounts that are closed count against my deb to income ratio while others don't?

your debt to income doesnt afect your credit score

Response posted 1 month ago

nephew is listed as user on 1 of my cc acct & doesn't use it could his bad credit affect my credit ?...

no it cant

Response posted 1 month ago

how long does it take for old credit to drop from your score

7 years

Response posted 1 month ago

if my credit limit is 200 and i used 75 dollars of it its that good or bad

bad you want to use under 30% so stay under 60$

Response posted 1 month ago

does cosigning a loan affect your credit score

 if you pay it off yes it will lower your score by affecting your age of credit and the mix if you have a lot of lines of credit it wont hurt your score much but if you dont and it will harm your score alot

Response posted 2 months ago

How can I change some of the amounts on my original?. i made a mistake

what are you talking about 

Response posted 2 months ago

Social security card stolen so what do I do next?

 yes they can a credit card a car loan almost anything   because with your ssn they can get your drivers lcn nouber and then they are set you need to file a poliece report contact the irs and the sochal security adminastration also you will want to contact the credit agencyes and put a fraud allert or a freez on your credit it is a pain but it is worth it

Response posted 2 months ago

how does daily credit monitoring work?

 on here you can view your score every day but if you pay threw a diffrent site they will e mail you if something gets changed

Response posted 2 months ago

I have auto debt of 32000, but make my pymts on time every month. How can I improve my auto credit?

that is a insurance score and it does not matter in the states that use your credit score for car insurance use your fico score 

Response posted 2 months ago

How do I find out why my auto ins score dropped so much so fast?

that score doesnt matter 

Response posted 2 months ago

Why haven't you included our home mortgage?

they only use the info that transunion has if they are not reporting it to transunion it wont be here it is the choice of a lender to report things on your credit report 

Response posted 2 months ago

how do i calculate my credit score number

no the only scores that matter are from fico you have 3 diffrent scores from them one from each reporting agencyes  if you want your real score go to myfico.com most lenders only use fico scores and your auto insurance score only matters to insurance companys 

Response posted 2 months ago

Issues with Paid Credit Cards

the credit card company only reports ballance once a month so they might have reported it the day befor you paid them off it can take up to 45 days for it to reflect on your credit report 

Response posted 2 months ago

why is it saying i have a balance of 10,000

you dont it is an advertisement if you would have searched first you would have found 1000s of the same questions 

Response posted 2 months ago

No credit cards, a massive student loan compared to my income, so lousy credit. How to fix this?

pay your studint loan on time every time get a secured credit card  it takes about 6 months for your credit to go up from on time payments 

Response posted 2 months ago

If I file for finicialed aid will that increase my credit score?

 finicical ade like a grant or other type that you dont have to pay back will not be reflected on your credit

Response posted 2 months ago

Finally back at ZERO! Now what?

a secured card is a good start and it takes about a year or 2 to get above 700

Response posted 2 months ago

is it bad to close credit cards when you have more than you need

yes it will your avarage age of credit will be harmed and your utalization

Response posted 2 months ago

Multiple Hard Enquiries (while shopping around) affected Credit Score

well they will all show as hard pulld i just bought a car 4 days ago and had 9 hard inquiries on one report my score dropped 3 pts

Response posted 2 months ago

How do I balance transfer & close out old card without hurting my credit?

cloesing it will hurt your score if you dont feal like you need more crdit then dont get any

Response posted 2 months ago

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