How To Deal With Debt Collectors I have recently been receiving strange calls from someone trying to collect money from me, what do I do? As a consumer, it is important to be educated about the process by which an actual collection agency attempts to collect debts as opposed to scam callers asking you to […]
Author Archives: John McCall
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In 2023 it was reported that over 30% of Americans have an account that has recently gone to collections and that the average debt per person is a little over $9,000. Normally, when you hear that an account has gone to collections, you expect phone calls from unknown numbers asking to settle a debt and […]
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So now is the time. You’ve been dreaming of becoming a homeowner. Striking out on your own. Building your own equity. No longer wanting to continue contributing to your landlord’s wealth in your monthly rent payments! This thrilling news and a major positive life stage! But what if you are like millions of Americans that […]
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How Your Score Is Costing You Thousands Back when I graduated high school (a few years after dinosaurs walked the earth) I had absolutely no idea how detrimental my credit score would be to my future purchases. My brother was sitting pretty with a 750 credit score and financed his new car at an extremely […]
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The People Behind The Credit Score At Credit Law Center we fully believe in the people behind the credit scores. A company is only as good as its “Why” and what matters to us most, is our clients. We recognize that bad things happen to great people and wish to help improve individuals buying power, […]
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Most all of us have heard of Debt consolidation. But is Debt Consolidation right for you? What type of debt consolidation should one choose? Is Debt Consolidation effective? What are some of the pitfalls of debt consolidation? Guess what, sometimes “life” happens and we need to utilize our credit cards out of necessity. A perfect […]
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The federal government resumed collections on defaulted federal student loans starting May 5, 2025, marking the first time in five years that such collections have restarted after pandemic-related pauses. This means the Department of Education can now garnish wages, tax refunds, and even Social Security benefits of borrowers whose federal student loans are in default—defined […]
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The Biggest U.S. Banks Find VantageScore 4.0 is a Quantitatively “Better” Credit Score for Mortgages SAN FRANCISCO, OCTOBER 29, 2024 – VantageScore, a leading national credit-scoring company, is the “better” credit score for mortgages according to leading U.S. banks. Recently, third-party research from those banks found that VantageScore 4.0 provides superior risk assessments than traditional credit score models […]
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What is Title Fraud and How to Prevent it Title fraud, also known as home title theft or deed fraud, is a type of real estate fraud where criminals use a homeowner’s personal information to forge a deed and steal their property. There has been an alarming uptick in this version of fraud. This […]
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Good, Better, Best and Bad The internet and cell phones have now made it easier than ever to check your credit score as often as you’d like. Millennials are starting to check their credit scores more frequently than any other generation. This could be due to the fact that credit has become vital in many […]