Don't be a victim of erroneous credit reporting or mistakes of the past. Take control of your credit by exercising your legal right to clean up your credit and restore your good name. By using the methods modeled by certified credit repair specialists, you can succeed in repairing your own credit. With a high FICO score, you will qualify for the best financing and save thousands of dollars.

Now, you can finally end the cycle of bad credit and get back on your feet by following the step-by-step advice and tools in Credit Repair Kit For Dummies, 2nd Edition. You’ll find out everything you need to know about creating a solid plan to get your credit back on track. You’ll discover how to find your credit report, review all of the information in it, and learn how you can repair and spruce it up. You’ll learn how to communicate with creditors and how to budget so that you can pay your bills in full and on time. You’ll learn how to apply these credit strategies to all life situations, from building credit with your life partner to financially surviving a divorce, unemployment, and student loans. You will find out how to safe-guard your identity so that other people don’t damage your credit. Find out how to: Take charge of your credit Get help from credit counselors Request copies of your credit report Know how to interpret your credit report and credit score Avoid foreclosure Communicate with collectors, lawyers, and the courts Manage medical debt Safe-guard your identity Complete with lists of ten tips to avoid identity theft and reduce damages, ten ways you can prevent foreclosure, ten methods for establishing and improving credit, and ten strategies for handling financial emergencies, Credit Repair Kit For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your one-stop guide to improving and maintaining your credit score and protecting your identity. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

This book is also available in Spanish. (Disponible en Español) Fix your credit and take control of your financial life! Do you need to repair your credit or increase your credit score? Do you want to eliminate debt and build credit? Have you applied for a loan and been denied due to your credit? Do you want to know how to read your credit report and understand why you were denied? Do you want to fix your credit? If you answered yes to any of the above questions or if you simply wish to improve your credit score and credit rating, then this book is for you! DIY Credit Repair: Beginners' Guide to Credit Repair is an easy to read and follow guide for individuals wishing to: repair credit; increase credit score; improve credit rating; understand credit reports; understand credit utilization ratio; and improve budgeting skills. In addition, you will find tips and suggestions for each section as well as examples for easier understanding of this otherwise complicated topic. DIY Credit Repair: Beginners' Guide to Credit Repair is written and based on personal experience. Proven to have been successful for the author, the information included has been used and applied to not only rebuild and repair credit, but also increase credit rating while sending the credit score shooting for the stars! A healthy credit score and credit utilization ratio are important for obtaining car loans, mortgages and lines of credit. These two components can make an impact on whether or not you qualify for the purchase you want to make. Overall, the better your credit and payment history, the better chances you have of being approved - and often at lower interest rates. Although services can be used for achieving some credit goals, when you do it yourself (DIY), you not only learn the process, but also gain better financial discipline while teaching yourself how to preserve your credit and make better purchasing decisions. When you fix your credit yourself, you will inherit the power to maintain your credit with a full understanding of how and when to use it, as well as when not to. Understanding the ins and outs of your personal credit now, can save you grief and frustration further down the road. All of this adds up to better chances of a more stable, sound financial situation that assists in lowering stress and improving life on a daily basis! Get excited about where you can take this and get started today!

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This sweet, funny novel follows fifth-grader Genie Kunkle through a tumultuous year. From the first day of school, Genie knows there will be good, bad, and in-between. The good? She’s in homeroom with her best friend, Sarah. The bad? Sarah’s friend from camp, Blair, is a new student at their school, and is itching to take Genie’s place as Sarah’s BFF. The in-between? Genie is excited to be elected to write her class’s blog, where she’s tasked with tracking the wishes and dreams of her class. But expressing her opinion in public can be scary—especially when her opinion might make the rest of her class upset. Elisabeth Dahl authentically captures the ups and downs of a tween girl’s life, and the dramas—both little and big—that fill the scary transition between childhood and adolescence. UPraise for Genie Wishes/u "Girls should identify and mothers should approve of this gentle tale of growing up." —Kirkus Reviews "Upbeat slice-of-life novel." —Publishers Weekly "Here’s to reading about Genie’s sixth-grade year soon." —Booklist "The author has a keen eye for the tween girl experience: Genie’s plans for the future involve living right by her best friend and working together as dolphin trainers, while the highlight of her summer is the fact that her other friend just joined the pool. This will no doubt resonate with tween girls, and it has the charm and the discussion fodder to make an excellent mother-daughter book club selection." —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books