Shopping for credit repair services can be tricky. The industry is rife with thieves, charlatans, and con artists. Yet, there are also some very legitimate players as well. So how can you tell a legit credit repair company from a non-legit one? Follow these rules, and you will be able to find a decent one: [...]
If you are asking about how credit repair works, you are no dummy. It’s an excellent question. It’s a multi-step process that works like this: You should pull your credit reports and review them for inaccurate or unverifiable information. These are two separate concepts. Inaccurate information can include things that don’t belong to you, negative [...]
Like anything else, you can repair your own credit report, if you know how. As an attorney, I can tell you that after years of credit repair litigation that credit repair is not a good DIY project. While I am happy to share some of the principles that you die hard DIYers should know, there [...]
A good credit repair company can help you boost your credit score, especially when it's being held down by inaccurately reporting negative information. Most credit reports have inaccurately reported negative information on them. Under the law, it's your job to stay to review and keep your credit report clean. Unfortunately, there are a lot of [...]
Credit repair companies come in two flavors; those who play by the rules and those who don’t. It’s hard to tell the difference these days, even in the age of Google since reviews can now be purchased from strangers who have had no experience with the company they are reviewing. So what kinds of scams [...]
With so many lawsuits being filed by the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau against credit repair companies, it truly makes one wonder if, indeed, credit repair companies are legit? The short answer is, yes, but very few of them are. The latest credit repair companies to get sued by the FTC [...]
At the Identity Theft Law Group, we often get asked whether “credit repair companies work." It’s a complicated question depending on who is doing the credit repair and what things you expect to be removed from your credit report. Let's dig in. For Credit Repair to be effective, the letter must be written by a [...]
