Credit Building Insights
Expert guidance on tradelines, credit repair, and score-building strategies from the Boost Credit 101 team.
Let’s Take The Mystery Out Of Having A Good Credit Score
How your FICO score is calculated is only partially known, but what is known can certainly be the armor you use to protect yourself against a plummeting number.
Question: Is It Possible To Quickly Boost My Credit Score?
The answer to this question isn’t a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Many times we will see people that have good incomes but have not paid the proper attention to how the
The BIG BK - Your Credit History After Bankruptcy
What does my credit look like after Bankruptcy? How would I start re-establishing my credit after the discharge? Let’s face it, sometimes you just run into some
Key Credit History Components Impacting Your Score
The factors that are used to generate your FICO score are fairly well known, and one of the biggest of all, is length of time you’ve had accounts established. I
The Perfect Ratio - A Key To Unlocking the Perfect Credit Score
Navigating what makes a great credit score can sometimes feel like being on the ocean during a storm. There’s a lot of people willing to give you advice and not
Two Big Questions With Credit Cards and Credit Scores
If you’re reading this, you probably know where you’re sitting credit wise. If not and you’ve stumbled onto this website through random chance, you’ve come to t
Which Is Safer Your Credit Card or Debit Card?
Just a few days ago it was revealed that Target had debit and credit card data stolen from its databases for tens of millions of customers. It brings up the que
Boost My Credit Score Contest Official Rules
1) Contest Entry Period: The Boost My Credit Score Contest begins 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time ("MT") on October 1 st , 2013 and ends 11:59 a.m. MT on October 31 st
How to Improve Credit Rating Scores
Financial times have been hard. Record numbers of people have had credit problems including bankruptcy. Most people have issues trying to rebuild credit after h