credit restoration

If you are visiting this website, chances are your credit is less than ideal and you would like to do something about it.  You may be wondering if you need to hire a credit repair specialist to work on your credit file for you.

Like most people, you may be confused about what your options and opportunities are.  That is no surprise!  Our school systems spend hours teaching us how to calculate complicated mathematical equations but fails to address many of the important factors that really help us get by in life. I suppose the assumption is that our parents can teach us about credit, debt and money.

Sadly, for most of us (myself included!) this just never happens.  My parents were great and did the best they could for me.  The issue comes in that their parents never taught them about money and they are very ignorant about how credit works. As such, they never taught me because they didn’t know.

So, what are your options when you need to give your credit score a boost.  Let’s take a look at what a credit repair specialist is and why you may or may not need one.

What is a Credit Repair Specialist?

First things first – the term credit repair specialists really does not mean much in our world today.  A credit repair company can hire someone off the streets and give them the title “Credit Repair Specialist” and voi-la that is what they are.  There is no requirement to use this term nor is there any widely recognized professional designations.  As such, you need to be very careful in who you decide to work with. (If you decide that working with a credit repair specialist is right for you at all!) I have seen people who while they did not mean any harm, were giving bad advice.  The problem: they thought they understood how credit works when in fact they didn’t!

Generally speaking, a credit repair specialist is someone who walks you through the process of credit repair.  They should be knowledgeable about credit and debt as well as be able to help you develop a comprehensive credit restoration plan.  They should also engage in legal credit repair as opposed to illegal tactics which are designed to trick the system.

Do you need a Credit Repair Specialist?

Chances are, probably not.  Unless your time is extremely limited or if you have no interest whatsoever in learning about credit, (in which case you probably would not have read this far) there is very little that someone else can do for you that you cannot do for yourself.  Yes, education is an issue.  You need to know what you are doing to avoid costly mistakes in credit score repair. But, the reality is that if you will take the time to learn about credit once, you have that knowledge for the rest of your life.  The best part – you can take control and never again be concerned about understanding what you need to do to improve your situation.

That is where Credit Repair College comes in.  We are here to put you in the driver’s seat and give you a step by step credit repair and credit restoration education.  We can teach you everything from credit report disputing and debt validation to legitimate strategies for  making extra cash.   If you haven’t already, why not enroll today?

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Earlier this week at our real estate investment firm, I had a client that enrolled into our rent to own program. The program is a home ownership program that is designed to help clients easily overcome past credit hurdles and get into their dream home. Because the objective is to help the clients get fast tracked for mortgage qualification, credit restoration through Credit Repair College’s program is a program requirement. This particular client had just paid DSI  (a credit repair company)$487 for “credit repair” and was asking if that would satisfy her contractual requirement for credit restoration. I told her no and went on to explain why. When I told her the truth about what credit repair companies really do, she proclaimed, “…And now I feel like I just threw away the 487.00 with DSI!”. I asked her what they specifically told her they would do for her for $487 to which she replied, “That they would dispute some charges and raise my credit score.”. Ouch! Do you really need a credit repair specialist to do that?

In the past, prior to developing Credit Repair College, we previously allowed clients to select from a list of legitimate credit restoration programs run by various companies like, Lexington Law, Veracity, Ovation, etc.

The frustrating thing about this was that our clients received mixed results. In the case of Lexington Law, which is considered by many to be the premier credit repair company in the United States, we had clients who gave rave reviews and we had clients who said after a year they received no benefit at all. When you hear this one or two times, it is easy to dismiss it as an anomaly. When you hear this dozens of times, it makes you start to wonder. And wonder I did. So, I began investigating to see what “services” all of the major companies provided and how they were different, if at all. It is no secret that there are tons of credit repair companies that are a complete rip off who simply prey on the lack of knowledge and hopes of people desperate to improve their situations. They promise to fix credit fast but in the end fail to deliver on these promises.  But, what about the legitimate companies?

Here’s what I told my client, “That’s fine. I am familiar with DSI. We used to refer Lexington Law exclusively. The challenges we ran into were multi-fold. Some people reported great results.  Some even got fast credit repair.  Some people reported no results. When you ask yourself how it is possible that some people gave rave reviews and others didn’t, we had to examine what credit restoration companies really do. The only thing a credit restoration company can do for you is send dispute letters. Nothing else. There are a bazillion things that you can do that they cannot that will rapidly increase your credit score.

What led me to develop Credit Repair College is all of the bad information that is out there and the desire to empower people with the right information so that they wouldn’t be at the mercy of a credit report or lenders. Besides, so many people today need affordable credit repair!

So, here’s the deal, if you don’t want to send the dispute letters yourself, you can keep DSI and have them do it for you. It is a great service and can save you some time and hassle, albeit at a monthly (or in her case, a one time up-front) expense. Alternatively, you can just work the plan in Credit Repair College and do it yourself. The end result is that the investors and sellers that we acquire properties from want to know that you are enrolled in credit restoration that will fast track you for mortgage qualification and the only way we can assure them of that is through our program.”

To hear the rest of the story and my professional advice to her, continue reading the next post. And, to learn more about how to fix credit fast, Enroll in Credit Repair College today!

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