Brian Borchard's (brianborch) Blog

We have all heard the rumors…from neighbors, relatives or friends. There are a wide variety of myths floating around about what you should and shouldn’t do to improve your credit reports and credit scores. The buck stops here! TrueCredit has exposed these urban legends to provide you and your inf...

•1.           DON'T APPLY FOR NEW CREDIT OF ANY KIND.  Including those "You have been pre-approved" credit card invitations that you receive in the mail.  Every time that you have your credit pulled by a potential creditor or lender, you lose points from your credit score immediately.  Depending ...