Tip #4 Order Your Credit Report and Scores from MyFico

All these tips and tricks will greatly improve your credit score over time, but tut there are ways to improve your credit score much more quickly. Order a copy of your credit report from Equifax, Experian, and Transunion, and look for errors. You're allowed to see your credit report for free once per year from each of the three major credit bureaus: Experian, Equifax, and Transunion. If you find any errors, and you probably will, take steps to have them removed. Sometimes it's as simple as calling up the creditor that reported incorrect information and asking them to correct it. Sometimes you'll need to write a letter to the credit reporting agency, challenging the error. Either way, removing the errors in your credit report is the fastest way to improving your credit score.