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Credit Repair Kit For Dummies [Paperback]

Steve Bucci (Author)
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July 28, 2008
Now, you can finally end the cycle of bad credit and get back on your feet by following the step-by-step advice and tools in Credit Repair Kit For Dummies, 2nd Edition. You’ll find out everything you need to know about creating a solid plan to get your credit back on track. You’ll discover how to find your credit report, review all of the information in it, and learn how you can repair and spruce it up. You’ll learn how to communicate with creditors and how to budget so that you can pay your bills in full and on time. You’ll learn how to apply these credit strategies to all life situations, from building credit with your life partner to financially surviving a divorce, unemployment, and student loans. You will find out how to safe-guard your identity so that other people don’t damage your credit. Find out how to:
  • Take charge of your credit
  • Get help from credit counselors
  • Request copies of your credit report
  • Know how to interpret your credit report and credit score
  • Avoid foreclosure
  • Communicate with collectors, lawyers, and the courts
  • Manage medical debt
  • Safe-guard your identity

Complete with lists of ten tips to avoid identity theft and reduce damages, ten ways you can prevent foreclosure, ten methods for establishing and improving credit, and ten strategies for handling financial emergencies, Credit Repair Kit For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your one-stop guide to improving and maintaining your credit score and protecting your identity.

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From the Back Cover

Avoid bankruptcy, foreclosure, and identity theft

All the tools you need to build, rebuild, and maintain great credit

Need to clean up your credit? This up-to-date resource is packed with action plans for repairing a bad report, paying down debt, and repairing a bad credit report. You'll discover how to dispute inaccurate information, communicate with collectors and creditors, set financial goals, and build a good credit history. You'll also see how to avoid scams — and take action if you're victimized.

Discover how to:

  • Obtain and maintain your credit report

  • Build new, strong credit

  • Handle annoying collection calls

  • Locate credit counseling

  • Manage your finances wisely

About the Author

Steve Bucci is the President of Money Management International and a nationally syndicated columnist for the financial mega-site Bankrate.com.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 364 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 2 edition (July 28, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470276738
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470276730
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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155 of 166 people found the following review helpful
By A.Marie
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I'm lukewarm about this book.

This book is good if you want general credit information but the title "Credit Repair" is misleading. If your credit is really jacked up like mine then this book won't cut it. I'd suggest doing online research to find out how you can repair your credit.

The book should have covered things like "pay for delete" which is a negotiation tactic that you use with collection agencies in which you pay the amount that you owe and they delete the negative tradeline off of your credit report. This is something that you would need to get in writing before making the actual payment.

Another term that the book should have covered is "restrictive endorsement". This is when you give your creditors a check w/ stipulations in the memo like "by cashing this check you are agreeing that this debt is paid in full" or "by cashing this check, you are agreeing to remove the negative tradeline off of my credit report". Note that this does not hold up in every state so you must be careful.

This book doesn't really touch on HIPAA information which is needed if you want to remove medical accounts (that have gone to collections) off of your credit report.

My suggestion if your credit is really bad is to do online research to figure out how to clean it up. This book is nothing more than definitions and you could get those online as well.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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As a financial planner and co-author of Making Bread: The Ultimate Financial Guide for Women Who Need Dough, I recommend this book for every college student. They need to know how to use credit wisely and this book will help them understand how it can be done. More importantly, students will learn what happens when they abuse credit. Few, if any, understand how bad credit will affect their future ability to borrow money. Money management should be a required course for college students. It is not, and they go into the adult world as financial illiterates. This book will open their eyes to what can happen.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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This book helped me get back to the basics of managing my credit - because unbeknownst to and forgotten by many, credit indeed needs to be managed! Also the chapter on budgeting was very useful. Stephen Bucci uses wit and simple everyday language to make the book not only easy to understand and follow, but also engaging. A good purchase for those who need a refresher or reference for real life credit related problems!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Credit Repair Kit For Dummies
"Credit Repair Kit For Dummies", like all other "For Dummies" books, is a quick and easy read. Among the many topics covered, this book will show you how to manage your credit by... Read more
Published 8 months ago by RetailerDepot
Fluff and filler with no meat.
I read this book in hopes that it would indeed help me to start repairing my credit. It is all fluff and filler as my title states. Read more
Published on January 12, 2010 by Mindy Schmacht
This book is pathetic!
This book is pathetic! It is the absolute worst way to waste your money!

I got about a third of the way through this book. Read more
Published on December 27, 2008 by Bob H.
Learn All About Credit
Steve Bucci has written a must read book about Credit. He does it in a clear helpful manner. I believe that this book could be used for students learning all about the world of... Read more
Published on February 11, 2008 by F. Johnson
Easy to understand !!
Who says you have to spend [...] and go to a credit repair service. This book is a GREAT resource for people wanting to have a better understanding of "how" the credit system is... Read more
Published on January 12, 2008 by William Ursery
Excellent resource for credit improvement.
This was a wonderful book full of lots of details on how credit works. There are lots of tips on how to improve one's credit and a good discussion of budgeting, identity theft, and... Read more
Published on June 19, 2007 by Peidyen
Easy to read
This books flows very easily for the credit novice. I recommend it to anyone looking to understand how your financial decisions will eventually catch up to you...
Published on June 7, 2007 by Robert Andrew Williams
Americans need to read this book!
As a clinical psychologist and author specializing in the psychology of personal finance and the treatment of money disorders, I strongly recommend this book for anyone struggling... Read more
Published on November 29, 2006 by Bradley T. Klontz
Easy Read. Very Informative
A good tutorial for people in all financial conditions. The author really knows his stuff.
Published on July 17, 2006 by Joe from Connecticut
Better for Prevention
Like a lot of credit recovery books, this one focuses on how to avoid trouble in the first place. For this reason it's not a great reference for anyone who already has credit... Read more
Published on April 20, 2006 by BookReviewer
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Inside This Book (learn more)
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prime plus, extended alert, positive credit history, loan modification, credit counselor, emergency savings account, credit score, credit report, disposable earnings
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Transforming Your Credit From Bad, Social Security, United States, Doing Damage Control, Credit Owner's Manual, Fair Isaac, Account History, The New Bankruptcy, Safeguarding Your Identity, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Credit Essentials, The Lowdown, Just What You Need, Getting the Best You Can, Getting Your Credit Back, Federal Trade Commission, Ten Ways, Good Shape, New Mexico, Sprucing Up Your Credit Report, Uncle Sam, Las Vegas, Central Credit Services, Paying the Piper, Account Type
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