Comments on: Starting Down the Real Estate Investment Path http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/starting-down-the-real-estate-investment-path/ Personal finance blog for college students, recent graduates and everyone else -- including entrepreneurship -- for getting rich. Featured in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jeff http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/starting-down-the-real-estate-investment-path/#comment-39629 Jeff Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:01:39 +0000 http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/starting-down-the-real-estate-investment-path#comment-39629 Jonathan One of the biggest myths about credit scoring is that you should close extra credit card accounts. Closing an unused credit card will not help your fico score and it may hurt it! Closing an account may make your credit history appear shorter and make your balances versus total available credit look risky. Our site has good advice on improving your credit score at http://www.erate.com/fico_score_credit_scoring_basics.htm Jonathan

One of the biggest myths about credit scoring is that you should close extra credit card accounts. Closing an unused credit card will not help your fico score and it may hurt it! Closing an account may make your credit history appear shorter and make your balances versus total available credit look risky.

Our site has good advice on improving your credit score at http://www.erate.com/fico_score_credit_scoring_basics.htm

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/starting-down-the-real-estate-investment-path/#comment-6507 Jonathan Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:08:36 +0000 http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/starting-down-the-real-estate-investment-path#comment-6507 You mention getting your credit score above 700? Any recommendations of a site with advice on how to do that? You mention getting your credit score above 700? Any recommendations of a site with advice on how to do that?

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