DH has 3 big negs on his credit report - house given to ex-wife in divorce that she never refinanced out of his name (subsequent court appearances, ordered the house sold, short sale JUST wrapped up a month ago). Two of the negs were the original mortgage and halfway through the shortsale the account was sold to a second company, so two separate companies reported badly.
The third was a car loan he had taken out for her, gave her the car and the responsibility to pay it. Well, she was such a gem she would pay whenever she felt like it and would hide the notices. At the time, he knew he paid all his stuff on time (including the mortgage, up until the month they were divorced) so he never checked his credit to see the damage.
Well today, after several letters and calls to Century Bank asking for a goodwill deletion of the car loan account (and a reminder that 3 other personal loans with the bank were always paid on time and in full), we received a report from Experian that Century Bank was DELETED!!!!! All those 30s and 60s are GONE!!!!
DH is on a business trip and I've texted to have him call me ASAP, I want him to check his reports and see what's going on. I am so excited!
We are tackling the mortgage companies too, currently "being reviewed", but this feels AMAZING, I am so happy for my DH - I can only add my voice to those before me who say it absolutely IS possible to get companies to work with you. Keep chipping away, it DOES happen 
DD
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