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Welcome to the forum - The credit is far from perfect but there a few banks that will work with scores between 620 and 640 (Using the middle of the three scores for both borrowers)
The collections may have to be paid, it will depend on the amount owed. If they are smaller you should be fine - a lot will depend on the rest of your file -
How is the income - debt - employment history?
Brian