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2012 I had mid 450s scores. I dont know how my scores broke 600 or how one of them is near 700 but its just kind of nice to see it changing Even tho its only been 2 months actively worrying about my credit it seems adding credit lines made a huge difference. The reason I get declined on major cards is 90% of the time not enough trade lines reporting, not enough time with credit. So hoping after this year I can app and get the "good" cards.
All of my CLI's should come up around october/november in time for christmas shopping, then paying those off with taxes!
Happy about it because I have 3 unpaid judgements, 1 paid, 2 newish charge offs for medical totalling about 600 from 2012. (going to pay for delete on the charge offs if they will and the judgements all fall off the report next year, hoping I can pay them and not have them renew for another 6 years or 7 or 10 whatever they do.
(The good is a 3500 paid secured car loan from years ago and my AAoA was 11 years until I added all the cards in my sig and 3 closed accounts that were in good standing from early 2000's)
The bad thing is now I want a new car next year because my credit is getting good enough to apply for a loan. My current car has a myriad of problems that Ive been slowly fixing and coming to the realization that fixing it is going to cost more than it did to buy it and it still may run like crap and a new car with 5 year warranty does not sound too bad at all. (especially since some of the cars im looking at new are only 15k)
Anywho I am just bored at work and thought id share my useless info Thanks for readin
(I havent had an updated TU fico score so its still low)
@japakar wrote:2012 I had mid 450s scores. I dont know how my scores broke 600 or how one of them is near 700 but its just kind of nice to see it changing Even tho its only been 2 months actively worrying about my credit it seems adding credit lines made a huge difference. The reason I get declined on major cards is 90% of the time not enough trade lines reporting, not enough time with credit. So hoping after this year I can app and get the "good" cards.
All of my CLI's should come up around october/november in time for christmas shopping, then paying those off with taxes!
Happy about it because I have 3 unpaid judgements, 1 paid, 2 newish charge offs for medical totalling about 600 from 2012. (going to pay for delete on the charge offs if they will and the judgements all fall off the report next year, hoping I can pay them and not have them renew for another 6 years or 7 or 10 whatever they do.
(The good is a 3500 paid secured car loan from years ago and my AAoA was 11 years until I added all the cards in my sig and 3 closed accounts that were in good standing from early 2000's)
The bad thing is now I want a new car next year because my credit is getting good enough to apply for a loan. My current car has a myriad of problems that Ive been slowly fixing and coming to the realization that fixing it is going to cost more than it did to buy it and it still may run like crap and a new car with 5 year warranty does not sound too bad at all. (especially since some of the cars im looking at new are only 15k)
Anywho I am just bored at work and thought id share my useless info Thanks for readin
(I havent had an updated TU fico score so its still low)
Congrats on your upward score and ability to improve. Good hunting on your car. Perhaps you should look at one of the certified pre-owned vehicles with a warranty. I'm not into cars, but I'm sure they exist. Buying a good pre-owned car would keep you from paying all that depreciation. There are plenty of people who lease new cars every two years. I like the VW commercial where the guy tells the lady something like"watch out for our car," when she's getting in her car with a cup of coffee, because he plans on buying the car when she turns it in at the end of her lease.
99% of the time leasing a car provides the least bang for your buck. grats on your success so far -- id try to hold out a tad longer and try to pay off the rest of those before picking up another line.
@milkshakes wrote:99% of the time leasing a car provides the least bang for your buck. grats on your success so far -- id try to hold out a tad longer and try to pay off the rest of those before picking up another line.
Right, but since there are plenty of people who do, the OP can get one of their pre-owned cars when they turn in their car after their lease. I wasn't meaning for OP to lease. I was advising OP to buy a used car that was certified. Where the original lease holder or owner paid all the depreciation.
Thanks!
Yeah used pre-owned or new I dont much mind. I just want a warranty to cover some issues powertrain or something. Still need to look into that.
I repair my own cars and sell once the repair cost is more than the car (or close to it) so a newish car with warranty will be very nice! Tired of buying 1996's
(Plymouth Voyager 96, ended up transmission broke day after I bought it, it broke again a year and a half later, oil in air filter somehow, oil on spark plugs, oil leaking out of some vacuum tubes, junkyard. 1996 Ford Taurus, headgasket and freeze drain plug blew, not worth paying to have engine removed and I dont have the time for that to have no car, sold to dealership who put in stop leak and resold. Geo Storm 91 non stop issues with CVs or clutch system, ended up repairing enough to work and selling for 500) None of my cars have lasted more than a few years Next year I would love to find one thats going to last me until my kids are 18. (8 years atleast)
I was dumb and re apped for barclays, chase and amex. Reason for denial was only too many inquiries in last 12 months. So looks like the cards reporting has fixed the not enough accounts and not enough payment history. 1 year from now i can get those! (but Ill try in november this year)
@bdhu2001 wrote:
@milkshakes wrote:99% of the time leasing a car provides the least bang for your buck. grats on your success so far -- id try to hold out a tad longer and try to pay off the rest of those before picking up another line.
Right, but since there are plenty of people who do, the OP can get one of their pre-owned cars when they turn in their car after their lease. I wasn't meaning for OP to lease. I was advising OP to buy a used car that was certified. Where the original lease holder or owner paid all the depreciation.
yeah, didnt say you were. you just mentioned a couple options (i personally go preowned route every time) side by side and just wanted to mention that financially you get less value on a lease
@milkshakes wrote:
@bdhu2001 wrote:
@milkshakes wrote:99% of the time leasing a car provides the least bang for your buck. grats on your success so far -- id try to hold out a tad longer and try to pay off the rest of those before picking up another line.
Right, but since there are plenty of people who do, the OP can get one of their pre-owned cars when they turn in their car after their lease. I wasn't meaning for OP to lease. I was advising OP to buy a used car that was certified. Where the original lease holder or owner paid all the depreciation.
yeah, didnt say you were. you just mentioned a couple options (i personally go preowned route every time) side by side and just wanted to mention that financially you get less value on a lease
No problem. I just wasn't sure if the way I typed made my suggestion misunderstood.