Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Things To Know About Credit Repair Companies

By Joshua Cooper


In cases, where individuals have defaulted on car payments or mortgages and have experienced repossession or foreclosure, credit ratings are often at the lowest level. While this is the case, there are often credit repair companies whom suggest that ratings can be repaired. While true, most often an individual can complete the same steps these companies take to repair and upgrade credit scores.

To understand how these companies work, one must first understand the definition of repair. Technically, when fixing a report, one must disrupt errors by filing a written dispute. In most cases, individuals can then deny these conflicts either online or through snail mail.

In most cases, when there are errors, the individual or company will notify the reporting agency either through email or snail mail about the conflict. After which, the individual must often provide documentation which can prove the mark is in error. In most cases, people hire these companies due to a lack of time to handle the situation, or in hopes of obtaining better results.

It is often at this point, especially if an agency will not provide an adjustment that many contact a company for assistance. For, in most cases, companies can acquire more documentation and information related to false reporting, especially when dealing with cases of identity theft.

These companies often represent individuals whom want to improve ratings in order to obtain an unsecured loan or make a large purchase, such as a car or home. Individuals working with these companies need to assure that other areas of a report are 100% accurate. Once the individual has proven this to be the case, then the company will often talk with creditors to determine a plan to remove the errors and any negative marks resulting from those errors from the record.

At which point, individuals must find other ways to raise a score. In cases where there are actual errors, a dispute needs to be filed with the reporting agency. After which, once the individual has reviewed a report and confirmed that all other information is accurate, the agency will most likely request documentation which can prove the negative marks are in fact errors, along with an explanation as to why this is the case.

Even when an individual files a dispute, submits supporting documentation along with a valid explanation, it can still be difficult to get negative marks removed. For, unless there are multiple listings for the same debt by different creditors, identity theft or debt which has been paid off, it can often be difficult to see a rise in scores.

Most individuals can obtain enough information by running a free report to obtain the information needed to clean up a report. When doing so, if there is activity the individual does not feel is correct, it is important to notify the reporting agency as soon as possible. For, if there is a chance it is related to identity theft, the sooner this type of fraud is caught, the better.




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