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Hello, hoping to get some advice on my credit profile and some guidance with the best way to move forward. I recently made some major changes to my reports and expect big swings in scores as the changes are reported. I feel like if I am going to add any new cards now may be the best time to apply while my scores are at the top considering my AAOA.
Honestly I am totally content with my four open accounts and really don't want to manage more then three cards at this time unless there is an advantage in doing so. I don't want to have a 'thin file' so I am open to adding one or two more cards if needed.
Open
TD Bank Card- 5,000 open March 2014
Amex- 15,000 open December 2015
Discover- 11,600 open December 2015
Mortgage- 100 percent utilization open May 31st 2016 (not on reports yet)
Closed
SDFCU Secured Card
Open Sky Secured Card
SDFCU Secured Loan
Allinat Secured Loan (not reported closed on my reports yet, reported as 9 percent utilization)
INQS-
Experian 4
Equifax 3
Trans 2
AAOA- about 16 months once everything gets reported (down from about 18 months before the new mortgage).
Scores-
Experian 777
Equifax 776
Trans 779
Thanks in advance for any tips and shared knowledge. I appreciate the community.
@Gardenhand wrote:Hello, hoping to get some advice on my credit profile and some guidance with the best way to move forward. I recently made some major changes to my reports and expect big swings in scores as the changes are reported. I feel like if I am going to add any new cards now may be the best time to apply while my scores are at the top considering my AAOA.
Honestly I am totally content with my four open accounts and really don't want to manage more then three cards at this time unless there is an advantage in doing so. I don't want to have a 'thin file' so I am open to adding one or two more cards if needed.
Open
TD Bank Card- 5,000 open March 2014
Amex- 15,000 open December 2015
Discover- 11,600 open December 2015
Mortgage- 100 percent utilization open May 31st 2016 (not on reports yet)
Closed
SDFCU Secured Card
Open Sky Secured Card
SDFCU Secured Loan
Allinat Secured Loan (not reported closed on my reports yet, reported as 9 percent utilization)
INQS-
Experian 4
Equifax 3
Trans 2
AAOA- about 16 months once everything gets reported (down from about 18 months before the new mortgage).
Scores-
Experian 777
Equifax 776
Trans 779
Thanks in advance for any tips and shared knowledge. I appreciate the community.
Sounds to me like you're in totally good shape.
All you need now is time + paying down your mortage.
Total CL: $321.7k | UTL: 2% | AAoA: 7.0yrs | Baddies: 0 | Other: Lease, Loan, *No Mortgage, All Inq's from Jun '20 Car Shopping |