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blu_i_hen
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Just starting and have a few questions

I see everyone talking about what they are doing to get stuff paid off.  Where are you finding the info to know what to do? I cant find it for some reason

 

My credit score according to credit karma is 513

I have 18 negatives on m credit report totalling $8100 

 

I have 2 things that are going to fall off at the end of this year. should i let them fall off? One is Charter for $70 from 2006 but i am currently using Charter service in my home.  With good credit on the current account.

 

should i start paying off the newest accounts in collections or start with the oldest?

 

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Shogun
Moderator Emeritus

Re: Just starting and have a few questions

That one from Charter should already be gone, or at least gone by next month.  As far as what to tackle, can you give a little more information?

 

But just to throw something out there, I would deal with what is within the SOL of your state first, that is if you have the means to take care of it.  You don't want to "poke the bear" if you are not prepared to deal with it.

 

See if you can give us some info on your CR, then we can hopefully formulate a plan of attack.

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blu_i_hen
Established Member

Re: Just starting and have a few questions

what information do you need? I cant figure out how to upload my spread sheet to my reply and copy and paste isnt working well 

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blu_i_hen
Established Member

Re: Just starting and have a few questions

Creditor                     Amount owed         Original company                       date falls off

AFNI                                $585                   Verizon                                         Aug 2015

Amcol                              $288                  Tanner Medical                           Nov 2019

Amcol                             $1387                Tanner Medical                           April 2020

Amcol                             $54                     Tanner Medical                          April 2020

Ameriassist HR            $76                      American Disposale                 Aug 2019

Amsher                          $363                   CB&T                                           Aug 2015

ARS Account res        $267                  Primary care                                March 2016

Capitol One                  $0                         Capitol One                               Doesnt give one

CBT                                  $970                   CBT                                               Feb 2015

Commonwealth Fin       $619                Emergency Phys                          Nov 2014

Credit management      $70                  Charter                                          Dec 2014

Enhanced Recovery    $1613              Sprint                                           Dec 2018

First collection svcs      $84                     City of Thomaston                    Oct 2016

First Premier                $436                     First premier                             May 2020

Med Busi Consult         $14                       Team Health                            Nov 2014

Revenue recovery      $105                Upson emerg                              May 2019

Stallings                        $164                 Atlanta perinatel                       April 2017

Stellar recov                  $1116            Comcast                                       May 2019

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blu_i_hen
Established Member

Re: Just starting and have a few questions

i see the ones that have such a low balance and think oh i could pay those off quick. but then they will fall off in a few months to a yr and i wonder if it's really worth it


@blu_i_hen wrote:

Creditor                     Amount owed         Original company                       date falls off

AFNI                                $585                   Verizon                                         Aug 2015

Amcol                              $288                  Tanner Medical                           Nov 2019

Amcol                             $1387                Tanner Medical                           April 2020

Amcol                             $54                     Tanner Medical                          April 2020

Ameriassist HR            $76                      American Disposale                 Aug 2019

Amsher                          $363                   CB&T                                           Aug 2015

ARS Account res        $267                  Primary care                                March 2016

Capitol One                  $0                         Capitol One                               Doesnt give one

CBT                                  $970                   CBT                                               Feb 2015

Commonwealth Fin       $619                Emergency Phys                          Nov 2014

Credit management      $70                  Charter                                          Dec 2014

Enhanced Recovery    $1613              Sprint                                           Dec 2018

First collection svcs      $84                     City of Thomaston                    Oct 2016

First Premier                $436                     First premier                             May 2020

Med Busi Consult         $14                       Team Health                            Nov 2014

Revenue recovery      $105                Upson emerg                              May 2019

Stallings                        $164                 Atlanta perinatel                       April 2017

Stellar recov                  $1116            Comcast                                       May 2019


 

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gdale6
Moderator Emeritus

Re: Just starting and have a few questions

The first thing to do is put like accounts into groups (Medical, Utility, Credit Card, etc) and work on 1 group at a time starting with the newest. For all your medical CAs I would recommend you Google search the HIPAA Process and contact its creator for help with those we cant discuss it on this board. If you have the funds to deal with CAs inside the SOL then I would DV them and see what their response is. Your first line of defense is never to just pay it or offer PFD its your last option. Anything scheduled to drop within the next year I would leave alone and just let it age off.

 

Adding: You want to be working from hard copies of your CRs that you order directly from each CRA, hard copies have all the valuable info you will need (these things are not disclosed on online reports).

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Whitneyy
Valued Contributor

Re: Just starting and have a few questions

Credit Management will delete once paid in full and a goodwill letter is sent asking them to. 

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Whitneyy
Valued Contributor

Re: Just starting and have a few questions

A friend of mine set up a payment with Enhanced Recovery and they said they would delete once she finished paying them off.

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blu_i_hen
Established Member

Re: Just starting and have a few questions


@gdale6 wrote:

The first thing to do is put like accounts into groups (Medical, Utility, Credit Card, etc) and work on 1 group at a time starting with the newest. For all your medical CAs I would recommend you Google search the HIPAA Process and contact its creator for help with those we cant discuss it on this board. If you have the funds to deal with CAs inside the SOL then I would DV them and see what their response is. Your first line of defense is never to just pay it or offer PFD its your last option. Anything scheduled to drop within the next year I would leave alone and just let it age off.

 

Adding: You want to be working from hard copies of your CRs that you order directly from each CRA, hard copies have all the valuable info you will need (these things are not disclosed on online reports).


You mean like call the credit agencies and request them to mail me a copy?  what is DV i can kinda figure out the rest of the abbreviations.

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ktl72455
Valued Contributor

Re: Just starting and have a few questions

AFNI will delete after full payment with a letter asking them to.

Stellar Recovery is the same.

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