Bad Credit Rating
Bad credit ratings are no fun at all. With a bad credit rating you are extremely limited in your financial options. Buying a new car, putting a down payment on a house, finding an apartment to rent, getting a new credit card, getting your first credit card, or getting a loan from a bank can all be activities you are basically barred from with a bad credit rating. Our society brands people with bad credit ratings with markings that banks, landlords, and businesses can see a mile away. What can you do to get out of this hole once you’ve fallen into it?
The first thing you have to do if you have a bad credit rating is to try and determine why. Many times a bad credit rating can be tracked to a single, or series of missed payments, or perhaps a forgotten bill. Missed payments have a tendency to wreak havoc on credit ratings. Most businesses won’t forget that you didn’t pay, and will contact a collection agency of some kind. Collection agencies are like the Mafia strongmen of the credit world, except instead of breaking your legs with a lead pipe, they smash the heck out of your credit rating until it’s barely recognizable. When they get done with you, you have such a bad credit rating that you’ll get rejected from things you didn’t even know you could get rejected from.
Although collection agencies normally attempt to contact you before wreaking their havoc, they don’t always succeed, especially if you’ve moved and changed your contact information. Some agencies will make a strong effort to reach you; others aren’t as forgiving. If you have a bad credit rating, you may have been an unknowing victim of one of these agencies. Or, maybe you are aware of it but just weren’t able to pay.
Either way, fixing a bad credit rating should start by clearing any old debts or forgotten bills. Once you’re free and clear, there are a number of things you can do to get on the road toward repairing your bad credit rating. If you already have credit cards, use them often and make good on your payments promptly. If you don’t have a credit card, apply for a secured card and likewise make your payments right away. If your credit rating is especially bad, or you are having trouble identifying why you have a bad credit rating, you may want to consider contacting a credit counseling service.
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