When is comes to improving your credit scores there is a lot of bad information out there.  The reality is that it only takes a little common sense and it will go a long way towards improving your credit. 

• Don't buy what you can't afford
• Don't go over 30% of your available credit on your credit card
• Don't cancel old credit cards.  If you do, your credit history goes out the window
• Don't get too many credit cards
• Be mindful of what credit cards you are getting.  Department store credit cards lower the quality of your credit mix

How to raise your bad credit score