IS YOUR CREDIT HOLDING YOU BACK FROM YOUR GOALS? |
If you're living in California, you already know it's the land of sunshine, scenic coastlines, and high living costs. But with those high housing prices, large credit card balances, student loans, and auto payments, your credit score may be suffering. That’s where JD Consults, LLC steps in—your go-to solution for improving and repairing credit in the Golden State.
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California’s Trusted Credit Repair SPEACIALIST
1. No Cost To StartGet started at no cost. We’ll match your questionable credit report marks with the right vehicles to assist you along the way to for the credit you deserve. |
2. The Dispute ProcessDuring this part of the credit repair process, we will work to prepare your account and begin the disputing process to ensure that we can correct any negative statements that are affecting your credit. |
3. Follow-Up & New CreditAfter reviewing your file, we will repeat the process, follow up with credit reporting agencies and work with you to begin rebuilding and re-establishing your credit history by applying for new credit options. |
Get Help Improving Your Credit
- Dispute outdated, incorrect, or duplicate items
- Work with existing accounts to optimize credit utilization
- Help you build positive credit history where needed
Understanding Credit
Credit is when you receive money, a good or a service, and you agree to pay for it in the future—usually with added interest. Nowadays, we use credit to buy lots of things, from houses and cars to groceries and clothing.
If you use it responsibly, credit can be a useful tool. But if you don’t, you’ll have to face some negative consequences that will make your life harder.
Your credit score is a 3-digit number on a scale of 300 to 850 that suggests how creditworthy you are—meaning, how good you are with credit and how much you can be trusted to pay back what you borrow. Potential lenders will use this number to decide what kinds of credit cards and loans to offer you. Generally, the higher the score, the better the offers.
There are a few different types of scores, but the two best-known are your FICO Score and your VantageScore. They’re calculated based on the information that shows up on your credit report.
Generally speaking, there are five tiers of credit score. A good credit score is anything above 670.
Anything below 670 is considered poor or only fair credit.
Your credit can be brought down a lot faster than it can be brought up, so it might help to review these things that can hurt your credit:
- Not paying bills on time
- Filing for bankruptcy or foreclosure
- Applying for too many credit accounts
- Carrying high balances on your credit cards
- Ignoring questionable negative items on your report
There are five main contributors to your credit score–payment history, amount of debt, length of credit history, credit mix and new credit. Managing your credit wisely by paying your bills on time, paying debt down and maintaining your current accounts could improve your score.
Beyond these five factors, your credit could contain negative items that are unfair or inaccurate, which can stay on your reports for up to seven to 10 years. If you don't want to wait that long, you can try repairing your credit.