Archive for August 2009

What Gov’t agency regulates what credit card companies report to the credit bureaus?

macaca asked: I had a credit card a few years back that I got late on. A few months later, they had charged off the amount and we reached a settlement agreement. I paid the agreed-upon amount and they sent me a letter for my records saying that there was a zero balance. That was [...]

Is there a website from which I can check my credit score from all three credit reporting bureaus?

d0nkeypunch4u asked: I just need a link or website where I can get a score from each of the 3 bureaus and be able to view it online. Thanks.Marvin

I need to send a letter to the 3 credit bureaus about a foreclosure of my investment, a manufactured home?

Julie R asked: It was not my residence. I stopped mortgage payments in 2008 when I couldn’t afford them any more and my tenant moved out and I couldn’t rent it or sell it. All my other credit balances are great, on time every month. What should I put in the letter for them to [...]