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How Much More Will You Pay For a Mortgage If You Have Flawed Credit?

It’s hard to miss the amazingly low mortgage interest rates advertised online and on television. But does everyone get those cheap rates? You get the lowest interest rates when you have excellent...

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How Being a Little Weird Makes You An Awesome Home Buyer

Surveys about home buyers tell us what most people are doing. If you buck the trends, you’ll be more successful than they are. Some good ways to be weird I’m not talking about wearing your clothing...

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There is No Credit Fairy

Years ago I met a woman who wanted to buy a house. Unfortunately, her credit was awful. Every few months she would call and ask if her credit score had gone up. And each time I would ask if she had...

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7 Things You Can’t Have On Your Credit Report If You Want To Buy a House

Things that don’t go together: oil and water, chocolate and lemonade, bad credit and getting a mortgage. If you want to buy a house, make sure your credit report is clean. Forms of credit cancer that...

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What if my Credit Report is Wrong?

Odds are good that you’ll find an error on your credit report. One study found mistakes in 79% of all reports. Should you be worried? Mistakes that aren’t a big deal. What can I say? Doesn’t Elko look...

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Credit Card Debt Forgiven? Not by the IRS.

Now, more than ever, you need a clean credit report to buy a house. But while you’re cleaning things up, make sure the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) doesn’t clean you out. Negotiating with creditors....

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Are Target and Best Buy Trying to Keep You From Buying a House?

Every time you go through a check out, the cashier delivers her spiel: “Would you like to apply for a ____________ (fill in the blank) card today? You can get a discount on every purchase.” Should you...

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7 Habits of Credit Superstars

One of the credit unions in my town has a great mortgage with low rates and no closing costs. Sounds good, right? What’s the catch? You must have a credit score higher than 740. In other words, this...

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4 Dumb Mistakes First Home Buyers Make When They Just Can’t Wait

I made dumb mistakes when I bought my first home. You will too. But the mistakes that are hardest to recover from are those that involve bad timing. They’re the dumb mistakes home buyers make when they...

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FICO Learns What We Already Knew About Credit Scores

I have good news. Someone who has lots of power over you has decided to cut you a break. FICO, the largest and best known company calculating credit scores, is changing their scoring model. And many...

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