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Hello all,
Long time lurker, first time poster.
First off, thank you to everyone on here. Such a great community!
In the begining of 2015 I had the following.
2x - 20K Personal Loans from CUs (DCU and Small Local CU)
5x - Chase Cards 40k ish in Limits and a NPSL
1 - Discover It 5K CL
3x - Citi 20K ish in Limits
3x - Cap 1 - 30Kish CL
3x - Barclays 10kish CL
2x - Wells Fargo 9K CL
2x - Amex 5K ish CL
1x - Macys Store Card 1.5k CL
1x - Honda FInancial Lease (reaffirmed)
1x - Chase AU (16k CL, unaffected by BK)
Anyway Oct 2015 i had to go BK7. Unfortunately, my attorney said not to pay pre BK and ofcourse, pre BK things went 120 Days oh well. Burned em all.
Started 2015 with 740ish scores
Discharged Jan 2016
Score droped to mid 500s
I used LexingtonLaw to clean stuff up for 6 months, got IIB off EQ and TU, EX is a stickler and didn't budge
Started with Merrick, Credit One, MileStone, 1 Yr post BK got Cap 1 (3k Limit)
Started by business July 2016.
Unfortunately, until recently, there has been significant utilization. in the last month, i paid off most of my CC debt except for my Cap1.
Joined PenFed, instantly approved for 5K personal consolidation loan. and small Thrifty Limit. They approved a car loan also.
Paid off Cap 1 and joined a small CU, pre approved for 2k Limit. 8.5%
3 Days ago, got pre approval from Cap1 for the new premier dining card, instant approved 10K CL WEMC
also applied for Spark, Instant approval 7.5k CL. Visa Signiture (LLC but no I have no known trade lines)
Apped for Barclays and recon'd they said i was blacklisted. No HP
Apped for Discover, Decline - NO HP recon tomorrow.
Apped Citizens Bank - 10 days will recon tomorrow
Probably hitting the garden soon, but any thoughts on where i could go next?
Also, thinking of closing Milestone, Credit1, Milestone (2.8kish CL total, should be fine to close now right?)
I'd love to get a few trade lines established for the business. I'd rather no PG obviously, but i'm more concerned with establishment.
FICO9 EX 701 9/17
Anyway, just thought i'd share.
How do you get the high limits?
Im still trying to figure that out. I have Cap1 Discover IT and make good money
you can dispute items included in bankruptcy??
You can dispute *anything* that is not reporting correctly.
I used LexingtonLaw to clean stuff up for 6 months, got IIB off EQ and TU, EX is a stickler and didn't budge
Im confused, how do you get the IIB off EQ and TU when you did in fact get discharged? isnt the info correct? you went from 500s to 700 in a little over a year, so id like to follow your lead with the Lexington law process. do you own your home? and what is your appx. income or income range if you dont mind me asking. I have a joint car loan with DH...I applied for a credit one and nfcu card. was approved for 300 on the credit one and waiting to hear on navy. but since reading your post, I am thinking to stop apping and go the lexington law route for 6 months.
@Anonymous wrote:
I used LexingtonLaw to clean stuff up for 6 months, got IIB off EQ and TU, EX is a stickler and didn't budge
Im confused, how do you get the IIB off EQ and TU when you did in fact get discharged? isnt the info correct? you went from 500s to 700 in a little over a year, so id like to follow your lead with the Lexington law process. do you own your home? and what is your appx. income or income range if you dont mind me asking. I have a joint car loan with DH...I applied for a credit one and nfcu card. was approved for 300 on the credit one and waiting to hear on navy. but since reading your post, I am thinking to stop apping and go the lexington law route for 6 months.
Lexington Law uses some questionable dispute practices. They do absolutely NOTHING someone couldn't do on their own, just remember that. Obviously there is no one size fits all, so some choose to use them.
thanks! After some research, I did decide against Lexington Law based on their reviews. I will try on my own. Equifax shows my BK as filed on 6/1/2020... so I will be doing some disputing on my own.
thanks again.