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@Anonymous wrote:
Thank you community! After years of illness and living on cash, I decided to take charge and rebuild. I hired a credit repair agency and cancelled 2 weeks later because I found this forum. Ive gone from mid 400s to 600 in 4 months. Until this weekend I only had OpenSky and Self Lender reporting positivity. Just got approved for Discover It secured and Capital One unsecured!! Very happy 😃
Will I get a score boost when these report?
You typically get a boost for the first 3 revolvers opening.
@Anonymous wrote:
Thank you community! After years of illness and living on cash, I decided to take charge and rebuild. I hired a credit repair agency and cancelled 2 weeks later because I found this forum. Ive gone from mid 400s to 600 in 4 months. Until this weekend I only had OpenSky and Self Lender reporting positivity. Just got approved for Discover It secured and Capital One unsecured!! Very happy 😃
Will I get a score boost when these report?
I wouldn't expect a score boost because you will lose points for the reduction in your average age of accounts and for the inquiries when they report. You may get a boost if your utilization on Open Sky is not in optimal range by adding additional credit...therefore lowering total utilization. You also lose points for resetting your youngest account to under 12 months. You are much better off with the 3 cards now that you could get a score boost with the reduction of the # of accounts with balances. It is hard to say overall how much your score will decrease/increase since there are many factors at play.
@Anonymous you have plenty of accounts now, let them age
You're risking burning HPs for nothing and getting future denials for too many new accounts/excessive credit seeking. Save that for down the road (six months to a year) when you'll have a lot better options. No need to weigh yourself down with starter cards
Good luck
I agree. You have a pretty good start now with what you have. You should look into the azeo (if im correct) method to help you you from this point. TIme is now your biggest obstacle. Just lay low and get the age on the accounts. 6-12 months from now you should have some attractive scores.
When @gdale6 speaks. Everyone listens. When I hit 3 cards. That was the end of the score rise for a while. As time went by the scores started to go up. No more apps from the excitement of getting approved like @Remedios stated. And like others have said. Time is your best friend now. Not an obstacle. We dont know your AoOA, AAoA, and other tidbits from the past. Since you say it was years living off cash. You'll probably see a boost. How much? Let us know. You've had great success so far coming from the 400's. You got the rebuild FICO bonus now. 3 cards and a installment loan. Let time do its thing. You'll get your Credit Steps CLI with Cap1. Next step at least 6-8 months down the road. Try for a Disco pre-qual. Once you get another unsecured then. You can close a secured. Its a game. Play it right and you'll come out on top. Best of Luck!