Wealth Today

It’s taken a year and a half, and with much diligence and effort, I’ve accomplished raising my credit score 150 points. I’ve gone from 506 to 656. It seems as though it’s slowed down a lot over the past 8 months, but not really. It’s increased 70 points since February. I’m hoping to keep up that pace, so that this time next year, it’ll be 720 and I’ll be in a good range to get the best deal on a home loan [my ultimate motivation for an awesome credit score] By having a favorable credit score, it can save tens of thousands during a home loan.

Free Money Finance recently hosted a Carnival Of Debt Reductionthat has many different insights into copy and recovering debt, which is partially related to your credit score.

All of my step-brothers have always been financal inspirations to me. One recently had a big success that I would like to share. He’s worked very hard and I’m very happy for him in this accomplishment. He’s a salesman for a very large computer company, and has now made a deal for 9.7million, which if I’m assuming his commission correctly, at 3% that’s $291,000. He’s spent quite some time and effort on this deal, but knowing my brother, I’m sure that his wonderful people skills, charisma, and attitude had a lot to do with this triumph.