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Hidden Secrets To Improve Your Credit Rate FAST!

Allen Chen

March 06, 2007

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Have you ever asked yourself one question about your credit --- "How to erase bad credit and raise my credit score quickly?"

If your answer is YES. Well the next question you should think about is "How much do you want to raise it?"

If you want to increase your credit score from 550 to 630 then it would be very different from going from 670 to 725. Why? Because of the starting point, raise from these two credit score are quite different approach. Also, one of the basic concepts at best of raising your credit score is the removal of negative items from a report. Therefore, in this article, we'll show you some techniques that will improve you credit score only know by very few people.

Below are some techniques about removing negative items, which you can use if you have no unfavorable information in your report. OK, let's begin the overlooked methods.

DEBT to CREDIT RATIO: One of the falsest belief is "I have excellent credit, I pay all my bills off in full every month!". Understanding your debt to credit ratio play an important role getting your "credit mindset" right . What is debt to credit ratio? Debt to credit ratio is your ratio of debt to total available credit you have been extended.

For example: Total unsecured revolving credit account: $20,000 Currently in debt: $5,000 Your debt to credit ratio: 25%

The primary way lenders make money is by charging interest. So, the key that lenders make money by credit scoring model is driven by your ability to maintain balances and pay over time. That is the true credit virtue and which is most profitable to lenders since they make money primarily via interest and not annual fees.

One way that can increase your credit score faster is to have a proper debt to credit ratio, we've discovered many years ago.

So, any solutions if your debt to credit ratio is too high?

For example: Total unsecured revolving credit account: $20,000 Currently in debt: $15,000 Your debt to credit ratio: 75%

So, how to get debt to credit ratio down without selling everything you own?

There is one technique you can use:

SUB-PRIME MERCHANDISE CARDS: A report from one of more of the major credit bureaus - a good and powerful tool for increasing high credit limit and decreasing debt to credit ratio is "Sub-Prime Merchandise Cards".

Sub-Prime Merchandise Card is a card which allows you to buy merchandise from a specific vendor which was attached to a line of credit. In most cases, customer buy merchandises through a catalog or online mall.

Here¡¦s how Sub-Prime Merchandise Cards works: the company give someone who applied the card for for $3,000 to $15,000 with no credit check and no cosigner. However, the consumer only can buy through their website or catalogs and the consumer is required to put down a deposit on whatever they purchase. After the deposit is paid, the remaining balance is financed on the card.

For example: If you want to buy HDTV worth $1,500 and your deposit is $500, so you can finance $1,000 on your merchandise card and make a payments.

That sounds great, right?

By using Sub-Prime Merchandise Cards, your credit data will be reported to credit bureau. This means if you purchase something worth $1,000 and your card limit is $10,000. you finance $9,000. Your credit report will just like other credit card and do three important things for you

1.) Increase your "High Credit Limit" by $5,000 overnight, just like any other unsecured revolving account.

2.) By carrying a small outstanding balance it will positively impact your credit report by building and showing potential lenders your credit worthiness.

3.) With a good payment history you are virtually guaranteed to receive "legitimate" pre-approved credit offers in the future due to other lenders renting your name from the credit bureaus.

This technique is good and hard to beat for both cost and effectiveness. By using Sub-Prime Merchandise Cards you have to know exactly which cards report to the credit bureau and offer the best rates.

What we concern about is our credit score. We all need credit miracle and it doesn't happen overnight. So we can create our own credit miracles by applying simple insider strategies consistently over time.

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