https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/General-Credit-Topics/Trying-Out-SelfLender-com/m-p/5244474#M260715 Self Lender provides an Experian Vantage score Wed, 09 May 2018 20:03:11 GMT Anonymous 2018-05-09T20:03:11Z https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/General-Credit-Topics/Trying-Out-SelfLender-com/m-p/5244199#M260694 <P>After it was&nbsp;<EM>very&nbsp;</EM>hard for me to get approved for a car loan last October (first loan), I decided to further diversify my credit and signed up for SelfLender.com's credit builder loan in February ($25/month).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2018-05-09 at 8.16.08 AM.png" style="width: 670px;"><img src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/33712i82D2E7244DA977D4/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2018-05-09 at 8.16.08 AM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2018-05-09 at 8.16.08 AM.png" /></span></P> Wed, 09 May 2018 15:18:51 GMT https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/General-Credit-Topics/Trying-Out-SelfLender-com/m-p/5244199#M260694 Anonymous 2018-05-09T15:18:51Z https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/General-Credit-Topics/Trying-Out-SelfLender-com/m-p/5244214#M260696 <P>Do you know what kind of score that is?&nbsp; For example is it a FICO score or (more likely) a Vantage score?</P> Wed, 09 May 2018 15:37:06 GMT https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/General-Credit-Topics/Trying-Out-SelfLender-com/m-p/5244214#M260696 Anonymous 2018-05-09T15:37:06Z https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/General-Credit-Topics/Trying-Out-SelfLender-com/m-p/5244474#M260715 Self Lender provides an Experian Vantage score Wed, 09 May 2018 20:03:11 GMT https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/General-Credit-Topics/Trying-Out-SelfLender-com/m-p/5244474#M260715 Anonymous 2018-05-09T20:03:11Z https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/General-Credit-Topics/Trying-Out-SelfLender-com/m-p/5244552#M260720 <P>Thanks 9Ball.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Krissi, that boost to your score doesn't mean much, because it was a Vantage score, and almost no lenders or CC issuers use those in making decisions.&nbsp; Instead most lenders use FICO scores.&nbsp; I encourage you to pull your three FICO 8 scores and use those as a benchmark.&nbsp; You can get those for the $1 trial offer at Credit Check Total.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>When you get close to paying that off, we have a similar but in our view better option called the Share Secured Loan Technique.&nbsp; That is well tested with FICO 8.</P> Wed, 09 May 2018 21:19:26 GMT https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/General-Credit-Topics/Trying-Out-SelfLender-com/m-p/5244552#M260720 Anonymous 2018-05-09T21:19:26Z