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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Jan
Jan
How Could You Be Hurting Your Credit? The more you know about how credit works, the better your score will be. This is because, without a lot of background knowledge, your own logic and reasoning will oftentimes fail you. There are a lot of factors that go into creating your credit score, so trying to […]
Does unemployment affect my credit? Unfortunately job loss is something many American’s experience in their lifetime. The loss of a job means financial hardships, which directly affects our consumer’s credit. Here is what you need to know about how job loss can affect your credit scores. Loss of Savings: Money that was saved for emergency […]
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Dec
Dec
Now that the new year is upon us, it is time to start on our resolutions for the year. My group of friends all discussed what we wanted to work on this year to better ourselves and the lives we live as we sat painting miniature figurines. A couple of us are looking to hit […]
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Dec
Dec
With the holidays quickly approaching and the festivities in full swing, your budget is going to take a substantial hit. Whether it be a Christmas Vacation, holiday parties or gifts for your loved ones, the end of the year normally brings financial strain for most. In today’s blog, we are going to attempt to take […]
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Dec
Dec
With the holidays quickly approaching and the festivities in full swing, your budget is going to take a substantial hit. Whether it be a Christmas Vacation, holiday parties or gifts for your loved ones, the end of the year normally brings financial strain for most. In today’s blog, we are going to attempt to take […]
05
Nov
Nov
Building Up Your FICO Understanding and building credit in a positive way takes discipline and some education. Do you recall being taught in school, how to build your credit scores? Did your teachers let you know how big of a role credit would play in your life as you got older? Honestly, it is probably […]
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Oct
Oct
Building Buying Power Have you been picturing the day when you can paint your own walls and mow your own grass? The dream of homeownership comes with great financial responsibility. Many first-time home buyers have questions about their down payment, and how they can start saving to make that first major purchase. We’ll discuss several […]
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Oct
Oct
Building Buying Power Have you been picturing the day when you can paint your own walls and mow your own grass? The dream of homeownership comes with great financial responsibility. Many first-time home buyers have questions about their down payment, and how they can start saving to make that first major purchase. We’ll discuss several […]
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Sep
Sep
The Federal Trade Commission has stated that reports of identity theft had skyrocketed to record highs in 2020 and continue to to rise in 2021! In 2019 the total amount of reported cases was around 650,00o while cases in 2020 had breached 1 million! 2021 is shaping up to have similar results and it is […]