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noobafterbk
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help maximize fico scoring

can someone tell me how to best use four credit cards with 4.5k cl total so as to maximize my fico scoring. 10

my car loan and frdloan auto pay each month.

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Anonymous
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Re: help maximize fico scoring


@noobafterbk wrote:

can someone tell me how to best use four credit cards with 4.5k cl total so as to maximize my fico scoring. 10

my car loan and frdloan auto pay each month.


Let 3 of the cards report $0 balances and have one report a small balance.

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tonyjones
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Re: help maximize fico scoring


@Anonymous wrote:

@noobafterbk wrote:

can someone tell me how to best use four credit cards with 4.5k cl total so as to maximize my fico scoring. 10

my car loan and frdloan auto pay each month.


Let 3 of the cards report $0 balances and have one report a small balance.


From the recent threads I'm seeing on this Forum I'm not sure this is always the case with everybody.

Current Fico Scores: (December 2023)
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noobafterbk
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Re: help maximize fico scoring

i guess thats my question. i have followed that guideline and the reward has been minimal i read on another forum that balance management and payment is now whats looked at by the new scoring algo. it seems when i carry or increase my balances i improve when i pay down i get penalized as this month losing six points and payong down total util below 15%
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NRB525
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Re: help maximize fico scoring

The answer is on the other thread.

Duplicate threads of the same question is bad form Smiley Happy

High Bal Jan 2009 $116k on $146k limits 80% Util.
Oct 2014 $46k on $127k 36% util EQ 722 TU 727 EX 727
April 2018 $18k on $344k 5% util EQ 806 TU 810 EX 812
Jan 2019 $7.6k on $360k EQ 832 TU 839 EX 831
March 2021 $33k on $312k EQ 796 TU 798 EX 801
May 2021 Paid all Installments and Mortgages, one new Mortgage EQ 761 TY 774 EX 777
April 2022 EQ=811 TU=807 EX=805 - TU VS 3.0 765
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