Real estate blog entries tagged with credit monitoring

Blog entries tagged with "credit monitoring":

credit monitoring: Home Buying and Clean Credit - 06/02/08 11:07 AM

Many homebuyers often wonder if shopping for a home loan will affect their credit each time a lender pulls their credit report.
It's a logical question and the answer is no, but the credit checks need to be done in a short period of time for your credit not to be … (2 comments)

credit monitoring: Free Credit Reports!! Free Credit Reports?? - 01/30/08 05:13 PM

Most of us have seen the advertisements on television and the internet for a FREE COPY OF YOUR CREDIT REPORT! Remember when your parents said that nothing in life is for free? Chances are they were right. While many companies advertise a free credit report it almost always comes with some … (0 comments)

credit monitoring: Identity Theft: low-cost solutions with Homeowners/Renters policy - 12/12/07 05:23 PM

According to the Federal Trade Commission, over 10 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. In fact, you or someone you know may have experienced the crime of identity theft. Homeowners and renters now have a low-cost option available to protect against this growing problem. Several insurance providers are now … (1 comments)

credit monitoring: Keep an Eye on Your Credit with help from my Favorite Store - 07/03/07 12:13 PM

I recently wrote a blog post on the So called Free Credit Reports and wanted to follow up. The Free Credit report sites want you to enroll in a credit monitoring service to get your free credit report. This usually runs around 12.95 to 39.95 per month. I think that they are misleading … (1 comments)

credit monitoring: SERIOUS Credit Score Discrepancies - and it happened to ME!!! - 07/01/07 09:34 PM

This is funny (please note the dripping sarcasm). I moved to the US about a year and a half ago from Canada. Understanding the importance of a FICO score (I knew I wanted to get into Real Estate and Property Investing) - I had been very active on working on building up … (15 comments)

credit monitoring: Free Credit Reports... are not Free. - 07/01/07 02:02 PM

There is a ton of commercials on TV that advertise a Free Credit Report. I think there a little misleading in that they are not really free. Why do the Free Credit Report sites ask for a credit card? That should be your first Clue that they are in fact NOT … (18 comments)

credit monitoring: I GOT TAKEN BY A CREDIT MONITORING SERVICE! - 05/24/07 06:05 PM

I TRY TO BE CAREFUL, BUT I GOT TAKEN. All I wanted to do was see my wife's credit report without getting a "hit" on the credit. So, I paid $29.95 to get it. It was a lot of money, but I figured it was worth it to not have a "hit". … (7 comments)