Does Credit Repair Really Work?

As a well known credit guru people regularly ask me if credit repair really works.  Credit repair can be very effective if performed the right way.

The real issue is that many “credit repair” companies collect money from consumers for credit repair services.  But the services they perform are nothing more than mailing the credit bureaus simple dispute letters.

For example, it might be disputed that the item really doesn’t belong to the consumer or that the consumer never really went late on the derogatory item.

The hope is that the creditor will not respond to the dispute and the items will be removed off the credit report as a result.  These types of credit disputes depend on creditor ignorance or human error to be effective.

But over the last few years the credit bureaus have wised up to these credit repair methods.  To counter, the credit bureaus now use sophisticated computer systems named E-Oscar and OCR.

These computers sniff out letters which appear to come from credit companies and then automatically respond to those disputes calling them frivolous.  The credit bureaus’ E-Oscar computer then electronically processes the dispute nearly eliminating human error.

These credit bureau computers now render these types of disputes minimally effective.  Some items will get deleted to simply be placed back on the report a short time later, and typically the only accounts that will be permanently removed are older accounts creditors no longer care about.

BUT, all hope is not lost…

TRUE credit repair is actually very effective, but it also is time consuming.  Accounts have to be disputed to the credit bureaus in a mythological manner and the most effective disputes are done direct with the creditor themselves.

There are hundreds of consumer protection laws such as FACTA, The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, HIPPA, The Fair Credit Billing Act, and many more.

Many creditors blatantly ignore and violate these laws with the hopes that you will not have the knowledge or time to be able to challenge them.

And they are right; you would have to spend endless time learning all of the hundreds of consumer protection laws to know enough to challenge your creditors successfully on your own.

But, using these law violations as leverage to force the creditor to delete the negative items is a VERY effective tactic to use to repair your credit.  Credit companies who use this tactic and participate in direct creditor disputing typically see deletion rates of 70% or higher.

The drawback is in order to effectively dispute and delete your negative accounts, you will spend countless hours learning how to dispute and delete your negative credit items.

Or you can find a highly recommended professional company to do it for you instead.  But make sure you find a reputable company.

There are only a few 100% legal credit companies in the U.S.  One of the most well known companies who produce the strongest and fastest results is Elite Credit Inc out of the Tampa Florida area (www.perfectcreditfast.com.)

I have personally seen their dispute methods and results, and even I am impressed.  You won’t find faster or stronger results at such a low price anywhere else that I have seen.

Or you can visit online credit forums and start learning how to go at it alone.  Whatever you decide to do, DON’T decide to do NOTHING at all.

Bad credit is estimated to cost an individual consumer over $1,000,000 in a 30 year time period.

Strong dispute methods should remove over 70% of your negative items, and this could be the difference between you just struggling living paycheck to paycheck or living the life of your dreams.