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Does It Hurt My Credit if Several Reports Run While Car Shopping?

May 11, 2012 | No Comments »

Auto lenders will often view your credit report prior to offering you an auto loan. The information in your report determines your FICO credit score, which runs from 300 to 850. This information will impact the terms of your auto loan, including the...

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Is your car a filthy mess?

May 04, 2012 | No Comments »

How about your home? Your office? Your yard? Im a little embarrassed to say yes, yes, yes, and yes. Or, at least, that was the old me. Im a hyper, busy guy, so everything was a mess. When was I supposed to find time to organize my stuff when I was...

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Is Unemployment Credible Income?

April 07, 2012 | No Comments »

Unemployment income is temporary income you receive when you lose your job. This money is considered income, though you do lose it when you return to work. When you apply for a bank loan, the bank looks for credible income from sources that...

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Great Spending Tools You Can Rebuild Your Credit With

Posted by admin at Apr 18, 2012 | No Comments »
Over the last few years, the credit rating of many consumers took a big hit. Some people struggled with the increased cost of living associated with rising fuel prices, gas prices and more. Others struggled with adjustable rate mortgages, decreasing property values and other real estate related issues. Rising unemployment rates left many unemployed or underemployed. While some were only affected by one of these factors, many struggled due to a combination of all of these factors. If your own credit rating is lower today than you would like it to be, you can put several spending tools to use to rebuild your credit.
Prepaid Credit Cards
One tool you can use is a prepaid credit card like the Green Dot prepaid Mastercard.

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Chicago Bankruptcy Case United States v. Persfull Shows Dangers of Fraud

Posted by Gregory Young at Apr 12, 2012 | No Comments »

The Illinois case of two brothers charged with bankruptcy fraud shows the dangers of not following the complex rules of the court. This potential for fraud could be equally tempting for someone filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Chicago.

In United States v. Persfull, two brothers were sentenced to 30 and 39 months in prison, respectively, for lying to a bankruptcy trustee.

This case highlights just how important it is to communicate openly with your Chicago bankruptcy lawyer in a bankruptcy case. While bankruptcy allows consumers to reap the benefits of having debts discharged, there are specific rules that must be followed. It is a complex process that must be handled by a skilled lawyer.

Because bankruptcy is a federal process, bankruptcy fraud is a federal offense, punishable by five years in prison, a fine or both.

According to U.S.

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Government of Canada Budget 2012 seeks to clarify Federal Jurisdiction Over Banking

Posted by Gregory Young at Apr 12, 2012 | No Comments »

Canada introduced their 2012 budget today. There is an interesting reference to banking, copied here in totality. There must be some reason for this. It references external confusion about bank governance. If anyone can contribute please chime in.

Budget 2012 Clarifying Federal Jurisdiction Over Banking

The Government will introduce a preamble into the Bank Act to clarify the intent that all banking activities throughout Canada be governed exclusively by the same high-quality federal standards that have served Canadians so well.

Canadians benefit from one of the best-regulated banking sectors in the world. Canada’s banking regulatory framework rests on stringent prudential rules that ensure that our banking sector remains safe and sound and on consumer protection rules that stress consumer choice and transparent disclosure. T

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Work Space Organization (For the Terminally Disorganized)

Posted by Gregory Young at Apr 08, 2012 | No Comments »

Some people love organization. It comes naturally to them. They wield inboxes, date books and file folders as if they were born with labelers in their hands. If you’re that kind of person, this article isn’t for youunless you want to slap it up on your cube-mate’s wall. No, this piece is intended for people who haven’t seen the top of their desk since the day after they hired in. Fifteen years ago.

If you’re one of those people, you know how an organized work space could help you. You realize you waste countless hours looking for things that “ought to be here somewhere,” privately fretting that you’ve accidentally thrown them away. You’re aware that an organized office leads to increased productivity,  your boss’s confidenceand even promotions. And it’s not like you haven’t tried. It’s just that, no matter which system you implement, or how good your intentions, within a week or two, you’re back to the same old clutter. You may, of course, have a b

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Is Unemployment Credible Income?

Posted by Andrea Lewis at Apr 07, 2012 | No Comments »

Unemployment income is temporary income you receive when you lose your job. This money is considered income, though you do lose it when you return to work. When you apply for a bank loan, the bank looks for credible income from sources that are sustainable, since you will normally be repaying a loan over several years.

    • Banks may not lend you money when you have no permanent source of income. Unemployment insurance is counted as credible income in certain situations. However, it’s not permanent income. This may cause the bank to view your unemployment income as not being credible for the purposes of obtaining a bank loan.

    • Not having income may put you into a position where you cannot get back to work.

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The Best in San Diego Credit Repair Services

Posted by Gregory Young at Apr 05, 2012 | No Comments »

Once upon a time, one woman found she needed her credit repaired and, rather than leaving it to someone else to fix, took matters into her own hands and improved her credit score.  Realizing there was a market for this kind of thing, My Credit Group was born.

Today, more than 10 years later, My Credit Group has become a leader among San Diego credit repair services.  Based in sunny southern California, we’ve managed to help tens of thousands of consumers from all over the US – including military service members stationed overseas – to improve their credit scores, settle outstanding debts, and open new lines of positive credit.

Our comprehensive 4 step program covers aspects of your credit report other credit repair companies don’t even seem to know exists (or else they’d step up to the plate).  Whereas other services are content to simply dispute all negatives charges against their clients, MCG recognizes that each account in your credit report is completely unique, and thus requires wildly varied ways of dealing with them.

Rather than claiming that every negative account simply isn’t yours (when you know it likely is), we encourage validation and verification on all details in said account, and dispute anything that is reporting inaccurately.  If a negative account can’t be disputed off your report, we find other ways to work it out.  Pay for deletion negotiations, debt settlement options, letters of goodwill, we cover them all.  We’ve been in this business long enough to have picked up more than a few tricks for handling negative credit accounts, and we use them for consumers’ benefits.

That’s not to say there’s some magic trick for wiping out your negative credit accounts; truth be told, there isn’t.  Anything we do can be done by yourself, on your own time.  But with a veritable minefield of terms and conditions for working with creditors, debtors, and the credit bureaus, it can be more than a little overwhelming to attempt to tackle all on your own.

That’s why we offer credit coaches who are certified under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (meaning they likely know more about your credit than you do) to guide you through the credit repair process, as well as a comprehensive portal website where clients can go anytime to check the progress of their accounts.

Combined with our peerless debt settlement program – which can help you settle accurate collections for as little as 50 cents on the dollar – and our commitment to help you establish new lines of positive credit, there’s really no reason to look any further for the best in San Diego credit repair services.  You’ve already found it.

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Credit Card Companies & Social Media: A Good Idea?

Posted by Gregory Young at Apr 04, 2012 | No Comments »

There has been a lot of criticism over the practice of credit card companies using social media as a resource for recruiting new business. Lenders have been found to roam around on Facebook and Twitter in an effort to find what the younger set is ‘liking’ so they can develop better strategies for gaining new customers.

Experts are concerned about this recent turn of events especially in light of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act which was developed to protect consumers of all ages from aggressive lending tactics. When this law went into effect two years ago, it put a stop to the credit card kiosks in malls and on college campuses that were soliciting new business by giving away free swag.

To date, American Express has been found to be the most aggressive social media user for promoting their credit cards. The

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Thoughts From the BiggerPockets Inaugural REI Summit 2012

Posted by Gregory Young at Mar 31, 2012 | No Comments »

Lord knows how many seminars, summits, so-called bar camps, and conferences Ive attended since the 1970s, when I attended my first. A couple hundred for sure. There are a couple ways to appraise the larger ones, summits and conferences. The #1 factor, of course, is the quality of speaker(s) and the subsequent information they convey. Second is everything else. What was the quality of the building in which it was held? Was it easy to navigate? Was obvious care taken to make the experience comfortable? The details are legion, big and small, most of which you might not notice unless they hadnt been taken care of.

This Summit went beyond anything Ive ever attended. At least for me, it raised the bar.

Clearly, the speaker lineup was awesome.

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