You might assume that the best way to fix your low credit score is to hire a credit repair company -- but you'd be wrong. These companies will charge you a fee to make the same moves you can make ...

Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MAPsignals.com, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level 1 exam holder, and currently holds a Life ...

Credit repair companies offer to fix your credit by removing inaccurate or negative items from your credit reports. Not every company offering credit repair services is legitimate, but many of them ...

Every day, consumers pay untold sums to companies that promise a quick credit fix. Most of the time, that money is wasted. I understand why these offers might seem so enticing. Good credit can get you ...

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I'm helping a relative try and fix their credit. They have 20 years of perfect payments (credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, lines of credit) with never a late payment, but made some mistakes with ...

Negative marks on your credit report can hurt your credit score and affect your ability to qualify for financial products, so it’s often stressful to discover them. But if an inaccurate item is ...