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Bad credit can get better A bad credit report can prevent you from getting a mortgage, car loan, credit card, apartment, or even a job. The sensible strategies in Credit Repair help you take control of your finances, clean up your credit report and rebuild your credit. Learn how to: prioritize debts and create a budget reduce debts and cut expenses negotiate with creditors correct credit report errors and remove old information add positive information to your credit report adopt strategies to rebuild your credit, and avoid identity theft and credit repair scams. Updates to the 15th edition of Credit Repair include new credit reporting standards for medical debts and revised rules about what debt collectors must include in collection notices.

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Now in an updated 13th edition, Credit Repair is a guide to improving bad credit, written by professional bankruptcy and foreclosure attorneys. Crafted to be in-depth yet thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds, Credit Repair covers how to prioritize debts and create a budget, negotiate with creditors, correct credit report errors and remove old information, avoid identity theft and credit repair scams, and much more. Access to the nolo.com website, where one can download the forms contained in Credit Repair and obtain timely legal updates, complements this must-have guide for anyone struggling with credit woes. Highly recommended, both for personal use and for public library collections. The Midwest Book Review A helpful guide for people who have sunk into debt, offers ideas for setting a budget and repairing credit history. Washington Times A high quality, do-it-yourself credit repair approach... Reuters How do you distinguish genuinely helpful credit-repair professionals from scam artists? Ask your library for books such as Credit Repair. Chicago Sun-Times Attorneys Loftsgordon and O'Neill explain how people who have fallen behind on bills, been sued, faced a repossession or foreclosure, or even declared bankruptcy can take simple and effective steps to repair their credit. Their topics include credit reports and credit scores: the nuts and bolts, the first step to a better credit scoreEithne O'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc. ProtoView From the Author: It can be easy to fall into debt, but challenging to pay that money back. Unfortunately, the consequences of mounting debt, like delinquent bill payments, defaults, lawsuits, repossessions, foreclosures, and bankruptcy, eventually find their way into your credit report and damage your credit score. If you find yourself in a bad credit situation, this book will help you take simple and practical steps to raise your credit score and repair your credit.

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Amy Loftsgordon is a legal editor and writer at Nolo, focusing on foreclosure, debt management, and personal finance. She edits several Nolo books and is also the coauthor of The Foreclosure Survival Guide and Solve Your Money Troubles. Before joining Nolo, Amy worked in the areas of foreclosure and debt collections for over 15 years. Her broad experience includes helping people fight collection actions and enforcing debtors' rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and other laws. As part of a national settlement involving the mortgage industry, she has also reviewed servicer records to uncover extensive credit reporting errors. Amy received a B.A. from the University of Southern California and a law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado. Cara O'Neill is a bankruptcy and litigation attorney in Northern California and a legal editor and writer with Nolo. Before joining Nolo, she practiced in the area of criminal and civil litigation, and bankruptcy. She also served as an administrative law judge, and taught law courses as an adjunct professor. She received her law degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School, graduating Order of the Barristers--an honor society recognizing excellence in courtroom advocacy. Cara has edited, authored, and coauthored several Nolo books, including How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, The New Bankruptcy, and Solve Your Money Troubles.

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