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So i have a few questions:
1. My BF has some "Collections" - i use quotes because they cant verify themselves. So i checked his report and sure enough Midland is trying to get paid but they only started trying to take the debt last year of which his chase card was closed over 5 or 6 yrs prior and was paid. Midland is saying it wasnt and obviously after 6 yrs you dont have the proof. I contacted the bureaus about this and 1/2 collections fell off due to unable to prove. So my question here is what can/should we do? Also is this a huge affect on applying for things? He applied for a card but funny thing for the denial letter was - no credit usage - of which is because he has no cards till now.
2. Income my BF and i arent married yet, but planning so when i apply for credit and if they ask for my income am i able to mail his income too since his income is deposited into my bank and we share income? I have been putting his income down on all my applications so far no one has asked for proof, but just for future refrences. Also how do i go about applying for a car loan? He has the income but i have the score.
3. Social Security numbers - correct me if im wrong but if we get married our scores stay seperate including cards right? like his collections wont go on my report right? Because our socials like everyone elses are different.
@Skye12329 wrote:So i have a few questions:
2. Income my BF and i arent married yet, but planning so when i apply for credit and if they ask for my income am i able to mail his income too since his income is deposited into my bank and we share income? I have been putting his income down on all my applications so far no one has asked for proof, but just for future refrences. Also how do i go about applying for a car loan? He has the income but i have the score.
3. Social Security numbers - correct me if im wrong but if we get married our scores stay seperate including cards right? like his collections wont go on my report right? Because our socials like everyone elses are different.
2. On the income question, if you have evidence/documentation of the income (i.e. your bank statements) you should be okay. I've read a couple of forms where there's a Salary and an "Other" category, and the Other allows for anything that's not on a W2 or 1099. And I've had some recons ask if my roommate/significant other contributes to the household bills. I usually say no to keep her out of it, and because I pay about 3/4 of the bills, but since the transfers have shown up twice a month for years, I'd be comfortable listing it if it would help.
3. My understanding is that unless you open a joint account, your scores are separate. If you apply as co-applicants for a joint account, I believe you both will get the ups or downs. Now if you're married, your financial responsibility generally becomes shared, even if your credit scores are not. And the level of these two details may vary from state to state -- look at the "Notice for California Residents" and that sort of stuff at the bottom of a disclosure form to see if it applies to you.
Nolo Press has a "Living Together" book which covers this and other issues around living together as unmarried people, and some of it carries over. You can read a sample on their website. Just search for "Debt and Credit Issues for Unmarried Couples" and it may help a bit.
While you may have had or may obtain further deletions by disputing and requesting debt validation on the collections, neither of those processes require the debt collector to "prove" the legitimacy of the debt. Both processes require that they conduct a reasonable investigation, and proivde their determination.
If they determine that they have obtained adequate documentation to verify, they can do so without providing documetation in suppot of that finding, and there is no mechanism in either process for requiring the production of all evidence, or reaching a binding determination on contested views of the facts.
The DV process does not require response within any period of time, it provides consumers with a respit against continued collection activities until such time as the debt collector choses to provide the requested debt verification. However, a DV only provides a bar against continued collection activities if sent within the first 30 days after receipt of the dect collector's dunning notice. Presumably, the debt collectors sent the prior required dunnng notice, and more than 30 days has expired, so a DV at this time would most likely be untimely, and coutd simply be ingnored with no effect on the debt collector.
The disute process requires the consumer to show some inaccuracy in their reporting, and it is not sufficient to simply state that the consumer disputes their reporting.
What specific errors can be documented in their reporting that would support a dispute of its accuracy?
For legitimate debt, the normal process is to offer payment if the debt in exchange for deletion of their reported collection, thus obtaining satisfaction of the debt, and a possible score imrovment by removal of the affect of their reported collection.
Does he have supportable basis for showing any inaccuracies, or is the debt and thus their reporting legitimate?
@Skye12329 wrote:Also is this a huge affect on applying for things?
Absolutely. Derogs are always a major concern. Creditors take prior history with other creditors very seriously when considering whether or not to extend credit.
@Skye12329 wrote:Income my BF and i arent married yet, but planning so when i apply for credit and if they ask for my income am i able to mail his income too since his income is deposited into my bank and we share income?
All depends on what the specific application states.
@Skye12329 wrote:correct me if im wrong but if we get married our scores stay seperate including cards right?
Your scores are based on what is in your credit reports. Your reports do not get merged as a result of marriage. If you jointly apply or allow one of the other to be an AU then the account will show up on the other's report.