Credit Building Insights
Expert guidance on tradelines, credit repair, and score-building strategies from the Boost Credit 101 team.
Credit Card Fraud - 3 Important Ways To Protect Your Credit Score
It's a boon and a detriment to our modern society that things change in an instant. With a lot of financial matters, including the volatile markets of quick-cha
Credit Score & The Path To Home-ownership
It’s easy when you’re young to just not worry about credit. It’s some made up number created by ghostly corporations that have little to do with you. You should
Credit Scores, Do You Need Top Secret Classified Access?
Credit Scores are like the secret room in a government building that only the highest level security personnel can access. No one really knows how exactly they
How to Get Your First Credit Card to Boost Your Credit Score
In a lot of ways, a person’s first credit card is a lot like a first weapon. If you don’t know how to handle it, the blade, or in the case of the card, debt, ca
Is Boosting Your Credit Score Legal?
Remember when you were young and your dad would put you on his shoulders and run you around the yard? If that never happened to you, just imagine it for a momen
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