Archive for March 2022

What is Experian Boost?

You may have heard about Experian Boost and how it can help people to improve their credit scores.  Many people don’t fully understand how it works so today we’ll take the time to provide a simple explanation. Commonly, consumers with low credit scores will suffer from a lack of credit.  This means that they either…

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Higher Interest Rates Hit Marginal Credit Scores Harder

You can’t turn on the news, read a newspaper, or surf the internet without seeing headlines about inflation and interest rates heading higher.  It has a lot of people worried about their ability to manage their household finances. And if you’ve known me or have read anything I’ve written in the past 2-3 years, you’ve…

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In Times of Uncertainty, Control What You Can Control

  The world is definitely a hot mess right now with a huge list of issues that are not good news: Inflation War Gas Prices Supply Chain Issues Interest Rates Almost Surely Going Up Perhaps the most frustrating part of this is that even though all of these things will definitely impact our wallets, there…

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