What Credit Repair Company Is The Best?
Posted: July 8, 2009 at 1:08 pm | Tags: credit repair, credit report, equifax, lexington law, my ficoCleaning up a credit report can be time consuming. Of course you never find out about things on there until you are ready to get approved on financing for something. Of course it could not come at a worse time for you as you are probably ready to buy. Worst of all is that it could be a little bit embarrassing too. When your credit is pulled it is usually done from the top three reporting companies. When you look at it you will be able to contact each bureau and start asking about each account.
The first place you should head to is the credit reporting companies themselves. Equifax is one of the three largest companies that handles these types of inquiries. You can bet that your creditor contacted them. You will need to purchase a credit report from them. On the report it will tell you what accounts are putting a negative mark on it. Your discrepancy might only be showing up with Equifax and it might be the only place you go.
The company that started the whole credit scoring system was My Fico. They created the fico score and work with all three reporting companies. When you decide to go with them you might have to pay a little bit more to do so as they are going to contact all of the accounts outstanding on your report and do the work for you. My Fico will get all the info needed for you to call your creditors and start closing out accounts. After you pay the bill, My Fico will forward the info to Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union on your behalf.
If you want to not only get your credit report cleaned up but have your accounts in question reduced to a lower balance or zeroed out completely then you should call Lexington Law. They are a law firm that knows the ins and outs of credit repair. The fees involved with working with them are higher than your other options but you might pay less in the long run with your debts. After the balances are cleared they will inform the credit bureaus of the closed accounts and your credit report will reflect the changes.
If you plan on cleaning up your credit report then take the time to start with the three companies above. Each can tell you a lot about what you need to do. The deeper down the list you go the more it will cost you to work with them. With the end goal to clean up your credit it might sound costly now but paying higher rates on other things you want to buy might be costlier with bad credit.