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It has been a rough year. But I stayed focused!

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creditwatcher2012
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It has been a rough year. But I stayed focused!

Those who are familiar with my "debt" situation.  It has been a while since I wrote on this forumn.  But here are my accomplishments

                                                                                                                            Credit Limit        Balance

Chase Freedom2nd of Every MonthPAID OFF$4,000.00$0.00
Chase BP Card7th of Every MonthPAID OFF$700.00$0.00
Capital One Classic Formerly HSBC15th of Every MonthPAID OFF$1,700.00$0.00
Capital One Quicksilver One2nd of Every MonthPAID OFF$2,000.00$0.00
Capital One Quicksilver One3rd of Every MonthPAID OFF$2,000.00$0.00
Target Red Credit Card22nd of Every MonthClosed$200.00$0.00
Walmart Credit Card26th of Every MonthPAID OFF$4,000.00$0.00
American Eagle Credit Card14th of Every MonthPAID OFF$5,000.00$0.00
Fingerhut Credit AccountNo Billing Date SetPAID OFF$600.00$0.00
Lowes Consumer Credit Card27th of Every MonthPAID OFF$5,000.00$0.00
Macys Credit Card21st of Every MonthPAID OFF$300.00$0.00
Navy Federal Visa Signature Cash Rewards17th of Each MonthBalance$25,000.00$14,999.99
Dillards American Express5th of Every MonthPAID OFF$5,000.00$0.00
US Airways Divident Miles Mastercard18th of Every MonthPAID OFF$500.00$0.00
Navy Federal FlagShip Rewards VISA Sigature16th of Every MonthPAID OFF$5,000.00$0.00
Chase Slate27th of Every MonthPAID OFF$1,000.00$0.00
Navy Federal NavCheck Overdraft LOC27th of Every MonthBalance$15,000.00$14,650.27

 

 

Here is where I stand with Credit Card Debt... I owe 14,999.99 on my cash rewards with NFCU, and i owe 14,650.27 on my navcheck.  Any suggestions... Should I try to consolidate it with NFCU into a personal loan, until I pay them off.  

 

Thank you for all the tips, and thank you to all those who stood by me when I was asking for Pay down advice... So far my credit is clean, I was never late on anything, and have managed to pay down about 35,000 in credit card debt. with another 30,000 to go.

 

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CreditCuriosity
Moderator Emeritus

Re: It has been a rough year. But I stayed focused!

Incredible accomplishment..  Get the other 30k paid off and be debt free!  Awesome job so far!

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L-TWT
Established Contributor

Re: It has been a rough year. But I stayed focused!

How long did it take u to pay down your debt?
And do u think u need all those CC's?

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Anonymous
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Re: It has been a rough year. But I stayed focused!

Congrat! That is amazing! Smiley Happy
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creditwatcher2012
Frequent Contributor

Re: It has been a rough year. But I stayed focused!

thank you, I have been woorking hard.  putting every last cent I made towards my CC's 

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creditwatcher2012
Frequent Contributor

Re: It has been a rough year. But I stayed focused!

a solid year, and I do not need that many credit cards... "lesson learned".  I may try to consolidate some CC's like all of the CHASE accounts into 1 Chase account 

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TRC_WA
Senior Contributor

Re: It has been a rough year. But I stayed focused!

OP's profile proves what I've mentioned time and time again about NFCU and their lax underwriting...

 

Look at those limits compared to everything else.  Just amazing how they toss limits out like candy.

 

BTW, grats on the paydown OP.  Smiley Wink

 

FICO8 current as of : 4-6-25 EQ: 736 TU: 728 EX: 722
Hard INQs last 12 months: EQ: 0 | TU: 0 | EX: 0
Verizon Visa $8500 Amex Delta Reserve $10,000 Care Credit $18,000
NFCU CashRewards $7500 Apple Card $7000 Best Buy $8000 Amazon $5000
NFCU auto loan (2022 Ford Bronco Sport Badlands - Cactus Gray) 6.95%
NFCU motorcycle loan (2024 Harley Davidson Road Glide - Alpine Green & Chrome) 9.45%
Total CL: $64,000 --- Total CC UTI: 31% --- AAoA: 6.5 years --- Income: $200k
Last app: 4-6-24
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Anonymous
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Re: It has been a rough year. But I stayed focused!

Nothing wrong with that.

Obviously NFCU wants their business.

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CreditCuriosity
Moderator Emeritus

Re: It has been a rough year. But I stayed focused!

Not to derail this post, everyone wants in with NFCU as they know their underwritting is very easy and the credit lines are insane, but unfortunately most of us are not eligable.  This has been beaten to death already.  I am jealous of people that are in with NFCU, but be happy for them and move on and even they admit the UW and limits are a jokeSmiley Happy..  

 

Once again great progress OP!

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Booboo71
Established Contributor

Re: It has been a rough year. But I stayed focused!

WOW! Congratulations! How much of a credit boost have you seen from this endeavor? 

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