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How to Rebuild Your Credit After Bankruptcy?

You had to file for bankruptcy. Your credit score has tanked. What do you do now to rebuild your credit? Roughly 752,000 cases of personal bankruptcy were filed ...
On March 5, 2020 / By Dvorah Rut
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A Line of Credit or a Personal Loan: What’s the Difference?

A line of credit and a personal loan are both instruments of financing, but what is the difference between them? And how do they impact your credit score? ...
On February 6, 2020 / By Dvorah Rut
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Can You Build Your Credit Score With a Personal Loan?

Guest Post by Andrew Rombach Your credit score might be one of the most important pieces of data about you. It’s used to determine not just your creditworthiness, ...
On June 6, 2019 / By Peerform
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6 Ways Your Low Credit Score Is Costing You Money

And why you want to do everything to improve your credit score What is a Low Credit Score? First, a quick refresher on FICO—your credit score. Everyone is ...
On August 16, 2018 / By Dvorah Rut
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Spring Cleaning Your Credit Report

For most of the country, winter appears to be making its exit. Spring cleaning season is arriving. In addition to spring cleaning your home, you need to spring ...
On March 29, 2018 / By Dvorah Rut
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Do Medical Bills Affect Your Credit Score

An unexpected medical emergency can leave you suddenly staring at bills that you cannot afford to pay. Even if your budget has room for an emergency fund, a ...
On October 26, 2017 / By Dvorah Rut
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Don’t Let Love Hurt Your Credit Score

Love hurts, they say. Let’s hope not. But love, or too much generosity can hurt your credit score, if you allow your passion to rule over your financial ...
On February 16, 2017 / By Dvorah Rut
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6 Financial Goals to Bring You to Financial Freedom in 2017

Most of us like to make resolutions for the New Year, it seems to have become tradition. The most popular revolves around exercise or improving our fitness. Sports ...
On December 29, 2016 / By Dvorah Rut
Financial Tips
10 Tips to Help You with Your Financial Spring Cleaning

April is here, and we are all enjoying the great thaw, longer days, abundant sunshine and that awesome release from winter hibernation. It has become the universal time ...
On April 13, 2016 / By Dvorah Rut
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Is a Line of Credit the Way to Go?

Winter financial goals may have you looking at your line of credit. This is a popular time to finally tackle all of those home remodeling projects that you ...
On January 21, 2016 / By Joseph

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Secrets to Saving Money on Your Car Purchase March 19, 2020
Saving money should be one of your constant priorities. This is why you’re budgeting, tracking your money and checking your credit report. A car purchase can be a drain on your budget, especially if you weren’t able to save for it. So, you need some strategies for saving money on your car purchase. 7 Secrets […]
Hetty Green: “Witch of Wall Street” March 12, 2020
Hetty Green was the richest woman in America during her era. Possessing a keen eye for potential market fluctuations and an innate sense of timing, she was able to turn a modest inheritance into a fortune. Green was ahead of her time. Her profound intelligence in money matters and commitment to financial independence was not […]
How to Rebuild Your Credit After Bankruptcy? March 5, 2020
You had to file for bankruptcy. Your credit score has tanked. What do you do now to rebuild your credit? Roughly 752,000 cases of personal bankruptcy were filed in 2019 (Statistica.com). This is a vast improvement over 2010, when almost 1.6 million bankruptcies were filed. If you had to file bankruptcy, you are not alone. […]
How to Stay Committed to Your Retirement Savings February 27, 2020
It’s easy to set up a 401(k) or IRA. Yet, more than half of Americans say they are not where they should be in their retirement savings. (Bankrate 2019 financial security survey) And 38% of the people surveyed said they don’t have a retirement savings account at all. How can you stay committed to your […]
Top 10 Money Tips from the Financial Experts February 20, 2020
It’s always great to have money tips from the experts to help us meet our financial objectives. According to all the surveys, improving our financial lives was the second most popular New Year’s resolution for Americans in 2020. Taking first place was getting in shape. And, as we’ve reported before, most resolutions are already forgotten […]