Credit Building Insights
Expert guidance on tradelines, credit repair, and score-building strategies from the Boost Credit 101 team.
Can You Add Tradelines to Your Credit Report Yourself?
Tradelines, those magical things that can turn your lowdown, slimy frog of a credit score into a princely number worthy of the best rates on whatever it is you
Jimbo: A Case Study (Ways to raise credit score)
Meet Jimbo, he’s seventeen, a highschool senior, runs track, likes Netflix and video games and girls, a typical young man about to enter adulthood. Fall
When is It a Bad Idea to Add Seasoned Trade Lines?
Tradelines are a miracle. They do things that nothing else can. If tradelines were winches, they could raise the Titanic. That might sound like hyperbole, but w
How Does Credit Piggybacking Work With Mortgages?
Ah, purchasing a mortgage, that bastion of financial success, the flashing sign that you’ve made it, the smartest way to spend money, and the best way to build
Requiem: Is Credit Piggybacking a Scam?
Recently, a credit repair and tradeline company was shut down by the FTC. According to the FTC’s complaint, the owners scammed people out of $6.2 million
What Are the Best Lenders for Credit Card Piggybacking?
Part 1 The most constant thing in the world is change. Sometimes drastic--think major life events, natural disasters, etc...and sometimes subtle and slow
Using Credit Tradelines to Navigate Recession & Tariffs
Fifteen years ago on December 26th, a giant tsunami flattened the islands of Nicobar and Andaman in the Bay of Bengal. The causal earthquake was the 3rd
What is My Number One Priority When I Become a Tradeline Broker?
You are a financial professional. Maybe you clean credit. Maybe you’re a loan officer. Maybe you’re an accountant, a lender, a renter. Hell you could be
Is It Hard Become a Tradeline Broker?
The world of tradelines is a funny thing. There are no rules, no regulations. An authorized user trade line is simply a credit card with available AU spots that
Avoiding Tradeline Scams
These days it’s important to maintain your wits about you regarding who you do business with. At this point we are all (hopefully) aware that if a Nigerian Prin