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Most Common Beginner Mistakes

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  • The inability to spot insufficient validation when sent.
  • Accepting insufficient validation.
  • Calling collection agencies on the phone.
  • "Most Common Credit Repair Myths"- The Whole Thing
  • Sending repetitive disputes on bureaus
  • Failing to send letters certified mail.
  • Writing letters that do not bind to civil liability.
  • Not understanding the difference between "asking for validation" and "disputing"
  • Not understanding the difference between Validation and Verification or how to exploit this.
  • Not recognizing stall tactics.
  • Not knowing how to recognize or enforce violations.
  • Thinking that paying off a collection account or charge off helps a FICO score.
  • Using the credit bureaus website to dispute.
  • Not knowing how to overturn or negate investigation results.
  • Giving the credit bureaus too much power. If you only knew how little they have.
  • Challenges a creditor who responds with a summons to appear...and pays them.
  • Not understanding how FICO scores are computed.
  • Unknowingly deleting good credit and seeing a FICO score decrease.
  • Not knowing how to dispute "dates" as a means getting items deleted.
  • Not knowing how to play validation games with the DATE OF LAST ACTIVITY and the DATE OF FIRST DELINQUENCY. Oh, the opportunities that exist.
  • Get Disputes Labeled Frivolous by Bureaus
 
Knowing or not knowing this information is the difference between success and failure in credit repair.