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By Dale Nelson

Repair your credit report in 45 days


Credit Repair is not easy but is possible

Did you now that in terms of federal legislation, you have the right to query any items on your credit report and issue notice to have any item removed from your credit report in order to repair it. There are an estimated 2 million cases per annum of the false or incorrect stating on credit reports and credit repair has become an every day request by many households.

When undertaking to commence with a personal credit repair, it would be a wise starting point to familiarise yourself with jurisdiction and the federal law relating to credit reports and the repairs to this credit report by your own attempts and means.

Our suggestion is to consult with a specialised law firm containing the services of a credit lawyer and their specialised legal team of paralegals and expertise. This becomes usefully aparent when it is found that the bad item reflecting on your credit report is found to have been implemented in another state.

Investigate the fees between different companies specialising in credit repair

Please bear in mind that any assistance you seek with your credit repair from an independent company specialising in credit repair, is subject to a multitude of fees. You need to remember that these are in fact businesses themselves.

These companies are able to help you to reduce your bad credit ratings and remove some negative credit reporting against your name.Some of these companies tend to drag things out as they are relyant on a monthly premium for these services.Be careful not to fall into this trap.

There are simple ways to help yourself with your credit repair

First go to one of the sites below and get yourself your actual creit report so that you know what you are dealing with.The report is no secret to you, so you should be able to get one released in your own name. Try one of these two

True Credit

or

Privacy Gaurd

Check through your credit report

Do you see nay refernece to any late payments or non payments. Do you see any liens over any of your possessions or are there any charge offs for goods bought on hire purchase agreement.

You may be asking how or if it is possible to remove any reporting that may in actual fact be your fault.Well it can be repaired, dont despair.

First lets see how you remove a late payment notification to the credit bureau.

What you want to do is see who placed the late payment. Then you want to write a letter to the credit burreau and inform that the payment was in fact not late.This is what the debt recovery experts will do on your behalf anyway.

The company who placed the late payment notification will then have 30 days by law to explain the reasoning for placing the notice on your credit report.In most cases, the company is to busy to follow up on such a trivial matter, that they do not repsond to the credit bureau and hte notice is removed in accordance with the law.

There are cases when they do reply, but 9 times out of 10 they dont and it is removed.Small victory for the layperson. Give it a try first.If you dont win the first time, do it again and you may have better luck. There are no limits to how many times you apply. You will know if it has been removed as the credit bureau will send you a report with feedback after the 30 days has lapsed.

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Ms Chievous profile image

Ms Chievous  says:
3 months ago

I didn't know you could dispute the late payment..I also thought a good credit repair company would be free?? Shows u what I know! Thanks for good info!

Dale Nelson profile image

Dale Nelson  says:
2 months ago

Youre welcome Ms Chievous. Thanks for the feedback.

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