Thanks everyone! I owe it to my fico. I didn't know about utilization, until I saw the my fico forums. They were such small cards, a couple of tanks of fuel for my truck would
max them out...lol Used them for points and to pay bills, then paid them off when I got the bill I didn't realize they reported BEFORE the payment was due.
I actually got the personal loan just for another TL. The reason I asked about the utilization is, it seems I'm just borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. It does hike up the DTI
however.
FICO EQ: 633 8/15/12
lender pulled 11/3/12 EQ 661 TU 650 EX598
credit Karma 674 credit sesame: 663
B/K discharged 2/2006......closed 8/2012
May your limits be high and your balances low!