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There are plenty of places that promise you credit in minutes: department stores, online creditoffers, car dealerships-they all want your business and they will usually tack on all sorts of special deals toentice their charge accounts. Some department stores promise that when you use the store's credit card you will geta discount off of your purchase. Online credit cards promise special points and rebates and car dealerships, wellthey'd probably promise to drive you to the moon if it would get you to buy a car from them.

Unfortunately, as tempting as all of these "credit in minutes" offers are, they can have an extremely adverseaffect on your credit score.

Your credit score is figured based upon a number of factors: how much money you owe, how many accounts you haveopen (this includes bank accounts, store accounts, credit card accounts, various loans, etc), how many of thoseaccounts are in good standing, how often the accounts are used, what the payment history is on those accounts andhow old the accounts are. All of those numbers are plugged into an algorithm and that algorithm determines yourcredit score.

Your credit score is the number by which you will be judged for the duration of your entire adult life. Itsounds drastic, but it is true. Every time you apply for, well, anything-chances are high that your credit will bechecked. Even phone companies are checking your credit rating before agreeing to let you sign up for phone servicenow. Employers are starting to run credit checks at the same time that they run your background check. It isimperative, therefore, that your credit score be as high as possible. This means not falling for those "credit inminutes" promises that are flung at you every time you leave the house.

In the event that you do decide to open a line of credit, there are simple steps you can take to make sure thatyou keep your credit score as high as possible.

The most obvious step you can take is to always pay your bills on time! This is where most people falter. Theylet the bills lapse and before they know it their credit account has been turned over to a collection company.Paying your bills on time not only assures that you won't have to deal with a collection company but it could raiseyour score. The longer period of positive payment history you have, the better for your credit. Another step youcan take is to close accounts that you haven't used in over a year. All you really need besides your bankaccount are checks and one credit card (or maybe two) foremergencies. After all, the best way to avoid debt is to not spend money you don't have, right?

Those "credit in minutes" offers can be very tempting especially for people who do not havemuch experience with credit. Unfortunately "credit in minutes" is only good for the immediate situation, not foryour long-term financial future.

Credit in Minutes Tip #1

Stay on top of your credit report. Most credit reportscontain errors. Make sure you check your credit report every year (you get one free credit report every twelvemonths) and if there are errors make sure to challenge them with the reporting credit agency. Credit agencies arerequired to investigate each and every challenge that gets reported.

Credit in Minutes Tip#2

Just because you qualify for all of those credit cards does not mean you should get them. A person with too manycredit cards looks sketchy in the eyes of a potential creditor. Think of it this way: if a person is financiallystable does he or she need ten different credit cards? Wouldn’t just one or two suffice?

Credit in Minutes Tip#3

The best way to raise your credit score is to make all of your payments on time. It sounds too simple to betrue, but that’s all there really is to it. Staying out of debt and/or making all of your debt payments on timewill keep your score up where it should be.

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