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Need some advice on what i should do....

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workingprogress
Regular Contributor

Need some advice on what i should do....

Hello everyone I'm back needing some advice..I pulled my fico scores and CR's
from myfico.com..Out my 3 reports I have 3 collections that only show up on
trans union and one of those are from 2006 and i hope it drops off soon...The
other 2 collections i have are medical from where my insurance didn't cover all
the cost and I never paid the remaining balance..At this time I'm working on trying to have those removed..The other thing that is
affecting all 3 scores is late payments on my student loan from 2009 to most
recent being early 2012.

 

Now on all 3 reports it states my amount of new credit is not good and I'm

looking to try and fix that..I don't have no credit cards at all and I know
that's hurting me..As stated above in my other post i applied for a capital one
card last month and was denied..Also our pet dog got badly sick and we didn't have the funds right then and there to pay for everything up front so we applied for vet credit at our local vet and was denied once again for credit..I had 2 inquiries in short time for pretty much nothing..The
2 inquiries showed on my trans union and only 1 of them showed on my experian
report which was the capital one and its the only inquiries I now have on that
one..The capital one also showed on my equifax report.

 

What I need advice on is moving forward and trying to get a credit card or

two to help jump my credit but I hate  to take more hits on my credit for
nothing..If you guys was me how would you approach this..Would you wait a while and
keep trying ? What would the best option and cards to try for ?

Starting Fico scores 6/29/1013
Experian 584 / Equifax 639 / TransUnion 598
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workingprogress
Regular Contributor

Re: Need some advice on what i should do....

bump

Starting Fico scores 6/29/1013
Experian 584 / Equifax 639 / TransUnion 598
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AndySoCal
Valued Contributor

Re: Need some advice on what i should do....

I presume the Cap 1 credit you applied for was unsecured. If you check with your bank or local CU and see i about getting a  secured credit card.

FICO Scores XPN v8 802 V2 831 (SDFCU) TUC 803 v8 EFX 807 (10/2023)
Discover 09/90 19,000, JCPenney 10/2008 4,700 US Bank Cash+ 12,000 Citibank Custom Cash 5/2015 11,100 C State Dept. FCU 15,000 06/2023 , 02/2024 Redstone FCU Signature VISA 10,000 Banking: Ally Bank Credit Unions: Lafayette FCU Quorum FCU State Department FCU State Department FCU Pelican State CU Redstone FCU

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OhioCPA
Frequent Contributor

Re: Need some advice on what i should do....

I would look at applying for a secured card from BoA. BoA will eventually unsecure and grow with you. Other than that, I would just wait for the collections to age off before applying for anything else.

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