My score right now is 571, so somewhat of a simiular experience. I have a collection and credit card tied together that are really hurting my score showing active late payments, and collections, so once they fall off, which will be 2008 or I dispute them, I am guessing this will help my score dramatically. When I look at my credit at a glance on fico, the only NOT good part I have is payment history due to the accounts above. Length of credit history is very good, amount of new credit good, and amount of debt.
I would so love to know how you raised your scores that quickly. When I do my best plan to raise my score it tells me to pay 90% of my accounts and in 2 years my score will be 661-701, which seems depressing, LOL...
Would anyone guess how much my scores will go up once the cc and collection falls off. I only recently opened a car loan and capital one card in June and everything with them is current and will stay current.
GREAT story, thanks for sharing!