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Another month on the calendar, and another month without any HPs.
I requested and received a SP CLI on my BofA CCR last month, which should appear on my CR shortly. Also closed a joint HELOC (was zero balance, so no need to refinance), which should also appear on my CR this month.
I'm not sure how or if these will affect my credit score, but I expect to find out soon… back to gardening…
I get my silver spade in about a month. I've been gardening for an over impressive (for me) 2 months now! Not much going on otherwise. I met the spending requirement for my most recent acquisition, the Redstone Visa, so I should be getting the sub soon.
Paid off the remaining $2500 of a personal loan. Also have a $0 balance now on Cabelas card and my Citi AAdvantage card (they had a balance of $500 and $1200 respectively).
I did open a Costco account that gave me a SL of $4200 (had no intentions of doing so but I was looking for beef short ribs and Costco was the only place that had them. They were amazing by the way...lol).
My 20% pay raise (equates to about an extra $1000/mo net) begun April 1. I'll be using the extra income to really put a dent into my remaining credit card debt, which is about $10k.
Also noticed my on-time payments went from 94% to 95%. I have a bunch of baddies from 2018 which won't drop off until 2025 unfortunately.
Starting Score: EQ667/TU681/EX654
Still in the garden still trying to pay down debt. Someone had the nerve to try to use my identity and open a Citibank card so I quickly disputed the inqury, put a fraud alert on my credit reports, and froze all credit reports. Outside of that I am doing well with paying things off.
My overall utilization increased in March but going to report back down later this month since i was approved for $10,000 from Tower Federal Credit Union transfering a balance from my Chase Freedom Flex. sitting between 670-680, looking to start building business credit with tradelines, i had no luck getting a Chase Business Ink. This month i will attempt again to ask for a SP CLI with Discover, Amex, and Chase. I still have my eyes on the Amex Gold, and possibly Amazon Business Prime.
Haven't checked in a few months. Sorry...life has gotten busy. Paid off my wife's new car, in March, that we got last August. Should report sometime in the next week or so, I'd imagine.
Also, paid down my new car to about $8,900 that I got last September. That is reporting to the CRAs already. I'll pay it down to about $1,000 in the next month or so and keep it at that level for awhile. This will be the only installment loan reporting for me, so I don't want to lose the credit mix points just yet. Last time I paid off my last installment loan, I lost over 30 points on average across the bureaus. Currently, my next payment is due on 6/1/25. So, I have a little time. I think I'll get an SSL at some point this summer. Then, I'll pay off the car.
Scores are up as my vehicle is reporting 16%, util is <5% and I got back some points for my CSP inquiry last April 5.
Take care all.
Wow, April already. I received a 3x Cli on my Amex BCE which is great and give a me plenty of breathing room. No new apps or anything.
Main focus is closing on our home. Thankfully, the seller is paying 60% of closing costs and taking care of all repairs we requested from the home inspection and HOA. Fantastic in this market. Closing as of now is set for 4/20.