Want To Clean Up Your Bad Credit? Here's The Correct Way To Do It...

Most people think that if they have bad credit that there is nothing they can do about it, and that they have to live with it. But this is not true. You can change and correct your credit report for the better. Every time you apply for credit, your credit report will be checked. Lenders rely on your credit report to determine your reputation for credit worthiness. Credit bureaus collect and maintain information on credit users. They receive your personal information through the same lenders who grant you credit. They simply collect, from lenders with whom you have credit, information on you and then sell it to inquiring creditors. The information is sold in the form of credit reports and it contains an evaluatory mark of positive, negative, or neutral. Your credit report contains information about you, your job, and a history of your experience with lenders. The law says that you have the right to know what is in your credit file. You should want to learn what is being distributed about you by credit bureaus. Order a copy of your credit report. If you have been denied credit because of the information contained in your credit report you can get a copy of your report for free if you contact the credit bureau within 60 days of receiving a denial notice. If not, the credit bureau may charge you a small fee. Once you get your report, review it to see whether all information is accurate and complete. Examine each entry. Look for information that does not belong to you so that you can have it corrected. Make sure you do not overlook any errors. Be sure that all accounts listed are in fact your own. Mistakes occur at the credit bureaus. Information belonging to a different person can be mixed with your credit information. If the information is negative, this will impact your credit worthiness. If there is derogatory information in the report, you have the right to dispute that information. You should contact the credit bureau and explain why you think the information is not correct. Include copies of any documentation that supports your claim and send it by certified mail with a return receipt so you know it was delivered with everything you sent. The credit bureau must reinvestigate the items in question within the allotted time. If a disputed item cannot be verified, the credit bureau must delete it. When the investigation is complete, the credit bureau must give you the written results. If you disagree with the results of the reinvestigation, you have the right to add a statement to your credit bureau file in 100 words or less, explaining your version of the dispute. Also, you have the right to request that a corrected report reflecting these changes be sent to all creditors who have checked your credit report within the past six months. You can have corrected copy of your report sent to anyone who checked your report during the past two years for employment purposes. Now you have the information you need to start cleaning up your bad credit. The rest is up to you. If you truly want to get rid of bad credit and get your life back together, you must take action.