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How to Rebuild Bad Credit
After repairing bad credit, you need to rebuild it, prove to your creditors that you can pay your bills on time. Learn what it takes to rebuild bad credit and improve your credit score.

Remove Debt Collections From Your Credit Report
Having a debt collection on your credit report hurts your credit score. Since collection accounts stay on your credit report for seven years, your best option to repair your credit is to have it removed.

7 Ways to Stop a Credit Repair Scam
Credit repair organizations are governed by a law known as the Credit Repair Organizations Act. This federal law requires any credit repair service to fulfill certain obligations to you. You should avoid any credit repair service that doesn’t follow these rules.

How to Fix Bad a Bad Credit Report
The specific steps to credit repair depends on what's on your credit report. Here are some of the most common credit blemishes and information on fixing them.

Using Credit Monitoring in Credit Repair
Using a credit monitoring services while you’re repairing your credit can help you track your progress. If you shop around for a good-value service, it’s one of the rare times that credit monitoring is actually worth the money.

Find Credit Cards Based On Your Credit Score
Score Match lists credit cards based on your credit score.

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