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littlesister
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1st post after over a year of learning

I finally figured out how to post and thought I would share my story. . I have been reading the forums for the past 1.5 years and quickly learned all about credit and its importance. Now I start to gather all my reports and I circle all the negative things, as I know I need to clean this up . Before I did this I researched everything I could find out about credit reports. I was now ready to start disputes.

         My original score was 535 according to credit karma when this began and I only had macys, walmart,orchard, hsbc,credit one,applied bank, credit cards. My disputes were a success one by one, but slowly sometimes.

      To make a long story short, my credit reports are now clean, not one negative or baddie.  I start to rebuild slowly , at first anyways. I go these cards in this order...

 

                        Capital one-

                        Capital one-

                         exxon-

                        Sams club-

                        Discover More-

                           Citi diamond preferred rewards card-

                            (now thank you)

                         American express Blue sky-

                            American express blue cash pc'd to bce-      

                           Lowes-

                          FNBO Discover-

                      Chase freedom-

                          Elan financial visa-

                       I think this is it.....

       My credit score is now 756 equifax,  753 Transunion

                       

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frogfan12
Established Contributor

Re: 1st post after over a year of learning

Congrats on your credit success! Now the only thing is to keep it going. Smiley Happy


Starting Score: 760
Current Score: 716 Equifax 754 TU 736 Experian
Goal Score: 760
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namvet
Established Contributor

Re: 1st post after over a year of learning


@tfry wrote:

I finally figured out how to post and thought I would share my story. . I have been reading the forums for the past 1.5 years and quickly learned all about credit and its importance. Now I start to gather all my reports and I circle all the negative things, as I know I need to clean this up . Before I did this I researched everything I could find out about credit reports. I was now ready to start disputes.

         My original score was 535 according to credit karma when this began and I only had macys, walmart,orchard, hsbc,credit one,applied bank, credit cards. My disputes were a success one by one, but slowly sometimes.

      To make a long story short, my credit reports are now clean, not one negative or baddie.  I start to rebuild slowly , at first anyways. I go these cards in this order...

 

                        Capital one-750.00

                        Capital one-1500.00

                         exxon-400.00

                        Sams club- 1200<2700<7700<10000.00

                        Discover More- 4000.00

                           Citi diamond preferred rewards card- 6800.00<8000.00

                            (now thank you)

                         American express Blue sky-2000.00<3000

                            American express blue cash pc'd to bce- 2000<3000       Transferred line from sky now at 5000

                           Lowes- 2400<2700<5000

                          FNBO Discover- 6500

                      Chase freedom-5000

                          Elan financial visa- 7000

                       I think this is it.....

       My credit score is now 756 equifax,  753 Transunion

             Wow, it would appear you pay attention to the advise on this forum.   Great job!  As you mentioned the way to get to your goals is going about it slowly and i agree with you.  It takes time and patience to obtain some credit independence.  Congrats and thanks for your post.       


 

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RyVision
Valued Contributor

Re: 1st post after over a year of learning

tfry;

 

I'd say you've done an absolutely  FANTASTIC JOB!!!! 


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Guava
Established Contributor

Re: 1st post after over a year of learning

A+++ Smiley Very Happy


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Current Score: TU08: 741
Goal Score: Stay in the 700s; keep reports clean


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bichonmom
Senior Contributor

Re: 1st post after over a year of learning

Congrats! You've made tremendous progress in a short period of time! Smiley Happy

EQ FICO 750 | TU FICO 761 (Walmart) | EX FAKO 767 | Goal: 800+

Edits, funky spacing and spelling due to my iPad not getting along with the forum editor!

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tinuviel
Moderator Emeritus

Re: 1st post after over a year of learning

Welcome to the forums; thanks for joining us!

 

And thank you for sharing your story. What a fantastic job of rebuilding! You have every reason to feel proud of yourself. Great job, and here's to nothing but success from here on out. Smiley Happy


Current Scores: EQ 775 (03/04/2014), EX 756 (03/01/2014), TU 760 (03/01/2014)
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Anonymous
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Re: 1st post after over a year of learning


@RyVision wrote:

tfry;

 

I'd say you've done an absolutely  FANTASTIC JOB!!!! 


+10000000

 

Wonderful story, you have a lot to be proud of.

 

Thank you for posting this, I always love to read success stories!!

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Anonymous
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Re: 1st post after over a year of learning

Great story!  Congratulations on your credit success!

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credithappy
Regular Contributor

Re: 1st post after over a year of learning

Congraulations to you.
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