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Dealing with Collection Agencies- Tips on Handling Collection Agencies

Posted by financialhighway 137 days ago, popular 137 days ago (http://financialhighway.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: collection agency collections tips
Dealing with collection agency can be complicated, here are some tips on dealing effectively to collection agencies with some basic collection rules [...] read more »
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Understanding 1st Party and 3rd Party Collectors

Posted by SuburbanDollar 24 days ago, popular 24 days ago (http://www.bargaineering.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: collections collectors debt fdcpa
The difference between 1st and 3rd party collectors can mean a lot when someone is trying to collect a debt. read more »
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New FICO model may boost some borrowers' scores - MarketWatch

Posted by eClaire 57 days ago, popular 56 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: collections credit credit scores fico
Under the updated scoring model, called FICO 08, small, missed payments lingering in collections with original amounts of $100 or less will no longer[...] read more »
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Credit Mishaps: How 1 Collections Agency Notice Continues To Spoil My Day

Posted by ryanpaulsmith 234 days ago (http://www.financialnut.com)
Category: Business | Tags: collections credit report credit score
Personal Story about how false information on your credit report can haunt you. read more »
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How Wage Garnishments Work

Posted by UIS4821 198 days ago (http://thetruthofcredit.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: collections wage garnishments
The garnishment process begins when you stop paying your bills. In order to make it a priority for you, the creditor goes to court and wins a case a[...] read more »
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OMG! The IRS Telephoned!

Posted by dlowrey 113 days ago (http://www.websitecontent.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: collections irs how to handle irs call
When the IRS telephones, is it serious? Article discusses evaluating the seriousness of the call and outlines an approach to planning your response. read more »
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Removing a collections account from your credit report

Posted by RabbitFunds 101 days ago (http://www.rabbitfunds.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: collections credit report credit score
If you have a collections account show up on your credit report, then there are certain steps that you want to take to ensure that the instance doesn[...] read more »
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