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buckeyelady84
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What's Worse???

I have a VA education debt reporting to all credit bureaus. the difference is that with TU and EX it's reporting as a collection account. on my EQ it's reporting as an installment loan with 7 120 day late payments. I've been making monthly payments since Jan 2013. It will be paid off by June 2013. what's worse a collection or multiple late pays? Should I dispute the status as not an installment loan?
Starting 8/12 EQ- 522, TU 542. Current 5/14 EQ-664 TU-686 EX-unk
Goal to keep building up my credit.
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guiness56
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Re: What's Worse???

A collection and 90+ day lates are scored the same.  They are all major derogatories.

 

An education loan is an installment loan but if it goes into collections it is scored as a collections no matter where it is.

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