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Help, rebuilding going for morgage in 6 months

My current scores are mid 5s but I think they will go up low 6s in next month. This is what’s in my report


The good


Au account - chase - 14872/15000 - is paid just not reporting yet was maxed out for Christmas inventory ( my bosses) ( does this show on myFICO being a au? I’m confused looking at myFICO first tine )

Au account - citi Home Depot - 2750/8000 (step moms added me I spent 3500 over summer I pay 150 month towards it has 0 interest )

Capital one platinum 0/300
Discover it secured 0/200
American heritage secured 0/300


Installment loans
Affirm 800/100 (66$ Month payment ) - Experian only
Self lender 37x/500 ( 25 month payment )



The bad

Unpaid c/o
Wells Fargo dealer services 68xx

Paid c/o
Wells Fargo credit card - was over maxed out didn’t lay it for 2 years. Paid it off few months ago reports as 0 balance

Sears citi bank - 5599/4000 - just settled on Friday 12-13 so that should lower my utilization drastically since it was at 140%

Verizon Fios - paid over year ago came off Equifax some how but not trans and Experian

Active collection
ER collection for 564$.

Trying to get to 620 in 6 months. Do you guys think it’s possible? Also do you think my score will go up a lot when that sears card reports settled because my utilization lowers? What are your suggestions
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Anonymous
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Re: Need help getting scores up

Sorry if I come off rude on any of this or if stuff came out typed wrong I typed it twice and first post didn’t post for some reason lol and I have my 3 year old trying to play barbies with me
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Chestnut1
Regular Contributor

Re: Need help getting scores up


@Anonymous wrote:
First question I’ll ask do au accounts do anything for Fico scores

I’m low 5s currently. I need to be 620 atleast in about 6 months

I have. Au account that’s at 97% utilization. Friend uses it for buisness and it’s Christmas it’s usually at 10% Will be for the remaining 6 months going forward -- If this AU Card is brought down to <8.9%. You will have some good boost.

Au account that’s at 35 %. 2700/8000 I pay 150 a month on it


3 basic cards -- you should put some expenses on these cards. Best to keep it <8.9% on One card and rest all cards at 0. Fico somehow doesn't like 0 on Credit cards across. This should give you some points go forward.
discover it 0/200 balance
capital one platinum 0/300
American heritage 0/300

Installments are
Self lender 370/500 ( something close to that ) 25 month payment
Affirm 800/1000 66 month payment



Charge offs are
Wfds repo was turned in 07/17 by my exwife I had co signed for no missed payments just on the balance after resale 6800$ owed

Wells Fargo credit card 03-2017 ignored it - went to charge off paid it over this summer reports settled for less 0 Balance

Citi bank sears card -stoped paying in summer 2018 5599/4000 balance reported Just settled it for 2,000$ a few days ago so will be reporting 0 balance soon? ( should this Boost my score? It was 140% utilized). Yes, I believe so since your total UTL will come down drastically.

Verizon went to charge off dec 2017 paid it November 2018



Active collection is er or ar something like that for 564$ Currently disputing before I ask for a pfd.


What do you guys think my chances are of being at 620 mid score in 6 months and what suggestions do you have? I got divorced and Kinda fell into a rut on the stuff changing my life around this last year and trying to buy home this upcoming summer.

See my Underlined reponses above. Doing those things month over month should give you some good boost in about 6 months. 

Try working out with those chargeoffs in form of PFD ( Pay for delete ) or Goodwill letters. Mind you, the success ratio is low but you never know, you could be that lucky one. Take your chances and work on it. If those fall off, that is it then. you are set to get HIGHER SCORES into 700s. 

Note : About the 3 Basic Credit Card balance which i talked about above, always follow AZEO ( All Zero Exept One ( <8.9%) ).

 

Other Gurus here can correct me if i'm wrong.

11/10/18 EX: 540 TU: 525 EQ: 535
10/20/19 EX: 671 TU: 665 EQ: 671
11/07/19 EX: 676 TU: 673 EQ: 676
12/31/19 EX: 669 TU: 679 EQ: 673
01/06/20 EX: 670 TU: 682 EQ: 682
Paid Charge off to $0 in Dec 2019, reported Jan 2020
01/15/20 EX: 666 TU: 655 EQ: 660
02/07/20 EX: 676 TU: 668 EQ: 668
05/08/20 EX: 685 TU: 685 EQ: 682
05/18/20 EX: 690 TU: 685 EQ: 682
03/16/21 EX: 702 TU: 697 EQ: 700
04/20/21 EX: 705 TU: 700 EQ: 702
04/19/22 EX: 716 TU: 705 EQ: 716




Mortgage Middle Score 682 (Old)
Mortgage Middle Score 706 (New)
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Anonymous
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Re: Need help getting scores up

Thanks a lot for your response man , I was trying to follow the AZEO method but was using the au accounts as the one with balance. I’ll try putting 15 bucks on one of the 300$ cards. Thanks a lot for your advice I’ll post what happens when my sears card posts paid ( anyone know how long this should take or if I can expedite it I know it’s only been a day. But I’m one of those impatient guys lol )
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UncleB
Credit Mentor

Re: Need help getting scores up

Hi @Anonymous, I restored your missing thread and merged it with replies from your new one.  I don't think you'll have the problem again but if you do just let a mod know and we can correct it.

 

--UB

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FireMedic1
Community Leader
Mega Contributor

Re: Help, rebuilding going for morgage in 6 months


@Anonymous wrote:
My current scores are mid 5s but I think they will go up low 6s in next month. This is what’s in my report
The good
Au account - chase - 14872/15000 - is paid just not reporting yet was maxed out for Christmas inventory ( my bosses) ( does this show on myFICO being a au? I’m confused looking at myFICO first tine ) Is this a business card from your employer your AU on?
Au account - citi Home Depot - 2750/8000 (step moms added me I spent 3500 over summer I pay 150 month towards it has 0 interest )

Capital one platinum 0/300
Discover it secured 0/200
American heritage secured 0/300

Installment loans
Affirm 800/100 (66$ Month payment ) - Experian only Only need 1 loan reporting. You could close this one out since it only reports to 1 CRA
Self lender 37x/500 ( 25 month payment )

The bad
Unpaid c/o
Wells Fargo dealer services 68xx This wont help much. Is this left over from a repo?
Paid c/o
Wells Fargo credit card - was over maxed out didn’t lay it for 2 years. Paid it off few months ago reports as 0 balance
Sears citi bank - 5599/4000 - just settled on Friday 12-13 so that should lower my utilization drastically since it was at 140%
Verizon Fios - paid over year ago came off Equifax some how but not trans and Experian

Active collection
ER collection for 564$. You can go to the business office of the hospital and pay this and ask to have the collection removed.

Trying to get to 620 in 6 months. Do you guys think it’s possible? Also do you think my score will go up a lot when that sears card reports settled because my utilization lowers? What are your suggestions

With the baddies that are still pending like WF, the collections, then the kinda high util on the Home Depot account. It may be a bit of a uphill thing. Settling the CO's will help. But they still are dings against you. It will help your overall aggregate util the most which could help some. Its too close to call. The bad outweighs the good in the FICO world. People with 800 scores get 1 late with no other dings. Its a score killer. Do what you have to do to get everything paid down. Start sending GW letters to all you paid. Its a long shot. But it could land on a desk of someone that would delete it. It also depends on how old these CO's are. Paying down the existing debts and aging of the dings will do the most good. Good Luck and Happy Holidays.


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Anonymous
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Re: Help, rebuilding going for morgage in 6 months

My boss card is chase sapphire non buisness card
Wfds is left I see after repo
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FireMedic1
Community Leader
Mega Contributor

Re: Help, rebuilding going for morgage in 6 months

I figured some kind of connection. If they keep running up balances that high. It isnt helping. Then get yourself removed. It all comes down to making some type of payment arraingements to get the past paid down/settled. Mortgage companies will want to see all past baddies paid/settled or whatever it takes to get them all to 0 owed. No collections or HP's for new credit at leat 6 months prior to applying for a mortgage. Some things they might overlook and tell you what needs to be cleaned up. Basically all the CO's, collections will have to have 0 balance. So 6 months may turn into a year fro now or however long it takes to get outa debt. Wish I had better news. Happy Holidays and hope in 2020 you can reach the goal of homeownership!


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Anonymous
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Re: Help, rebuilding going for morgage in 6 months

I plan on paying off the last 2 negatives I’m more concerned with being in the mid 6s then I am the charge off and collections the settlements are enough to settle via my taxes snd Christmas bonus Do you think I’ll be there?
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FireMedic1
Community Leader
Mega Contributor

Re: Help, rebuilding going for morgage in 6 months

The util drops will help. The charge offs are still charge offs. But at least they quit updating. That will help. The collections go after PFD. More heplp. I cant predict what the scores will land on. No one posters matches another. There's a possibility yes. But in your oringinal post you had mid 500's. If they were 570-590. Yes possiblly. But I wont put my mouth on it and say yes. Get your hopes up and it doesnt happen. Just work it and see what happens. Think positive and it will happen. Smiley Happy


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