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Your Score: An Insider's Secrets to Understanding, Controlling, and Protecting Your Credit Score Hardcover – January 9, 2018

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The most comprehensive insider’s look at what every consumer needs to know about their credit score—and most importantly, how to fix it

If you, like so many millions of Americans, are terrified by the daily headlines regarding Equifax and identity theft, and how all of this can directly affect your basic credit score, then this book should be considered as mandatory reading.

Like it or not, a healthy credit score is essential if you want to participate in today’s financial world. But very few people actually understand how their credit score is determined. Worse yet, most don’t know how their score is used by all kinds of companies and banks to dictate financial terms that will strongly affect their daily lives.

When consumers interact with the world of credit, they do so from a position of weakness. In Your Score, Anthony Davenport aims to change that. Finally, here is a road map for navigating the confusing world of consumer credit. Drawing on the real stories of his own firm’s high-profile clients, as well as the stories of middle-class Americans, he reveals the hidden credit pitfalls that await even the most careful consumer and shares smart strategies to avoid them.

An accessible but detailed manual, Your Score finally lets readers take control of their credit score, understand how to play the game, and gain an insider’s knowledge of how to better navigate the most important financial decisions of their lives.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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January 9, 2018
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5.5 x 0.85 x 8.25 inches
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1328695271
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978-1328695277
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“Davenport offers a handy, one-stop guide to understanding—and fixing—your credit score. Outraged at practices he found predatory and nontransparent, Davenport left the industry to instead provide credit-management services. He brings both sides of his expertise to answering common credit-related questions. Credit is undeniably big business, and in Davenport’s eyes, it’s also a creepy one, wherein credit bureaus and consumers have an inherently adversarial and imbalanced relationship; credit bureaus, he posits, want customers to think their scores are complicated, but anyone can learn how they work. His offering is a step-by-step manual to understanding your “real” financial score, not the estimate provided by free annual reports.He guides readers through identifying and fixing common mistakes, making sense of the report itself, and building a strong credit profile…..Davenport has written a clearheaded, must-read guide for anyone looking to decode the most influential number of them all." —Publishers Weekly

“Anthony Davenport has put together the most thorough and easy-to-understand book about credit scores. If you are like most people and are baffled by what a credit score is and how it can affect your life, this is the book for you.”—Chaka Pilgrim, Executive, RocNation

“This is a masterful work. In making the broad and complex world of personal finance so accessible and interesting, Anthony Davenport has produced a book that is remarkably helpful to all who are affected by the subject (which is everyone). The time it takes to read this book will produce extraordinary returns, both in the moment and over a lifetime.”—Mark Gerson, Chairman of Gerson Lehrman Group

“YOUR SCORE does a phenomenal job of pulling back the curtain and giving you a first-hand peek inside the hidden, often frustrating, world of credit scoring. Even better: Anthony Davenport tells you exactly how to navigate this complex system so you get the high credit score you want.” —Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, author of Perfect Credit and the New York Times bestseller Zero Debt: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom

"Anthony Davenport not only understands credit, but truly believes everyone should be empowered to understand it for themselves. You won't find this level of honest information anywhere else." —Tiki Barber, cohost of Tiki & Tierney and former NFL running back

About the Author

ANTHONY DAVENPORT is the founder and CEO of Regal Financial, a credit management firm that has become the go-to firm for many of the country’s professional athletes, celebrities, and top financial professionals. With credit scoring certification from FICO®, Davenport has been cited in numerous publications, including Forbes, Yahoo Finance, and Wise Piggy. He lives in Brooklyn.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (January 9, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1328695271
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1328695277
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.85 x 8.25 inches

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The financial crisis that hit in August 2007 changed the lives of millions of Americans. For Anthony Davenport, the stress and shock of the changes in the financial world were the forces that transformed his career—from being on the other side of the desk as a loan origination executive for a bank to becoming a financial literacy and consumer credit expert who has dedicated his life to helping clients solve some of their most difficult challenges.

After graduating from Washington State University, Davenport started his professional career as a loan officer for Bank of America in its Seattle office. His skill as a relationship builder helped him quickly become one of the top originators in the region. Davenport moved on to Wells Fargo—where he started his advanced training in the intricacies of the home mortgage business.

Ironically, it was as Davenport ascended to the highest levels of Wells Fargo’s sales structure that he noticed the mistakes, misinformation and pure arbitrariness in credit reports that were costing uninformed consumers tens of thousands of dollars in extra interest on their loans.

As the home mortgage market was being fundamentally altered in the financial crisis, Davenport resolved to go out on his own and build a company that would help people avoid the old pitfalls that caught so many of the clients he had seen at Bank of America and Wells Fargo—and the new ones coming. In 2010, Davenport founded Regal Credit Management in New York City.

“As a former mortgage originator, I understand how unfavorable credit—or no credit at all—can impact your livelihood,” says Davenport. “Whether caused by error, theft, or rookie mistakes, bad credit affects your ability to live life on your terms.”

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Dr. Naè

Great Read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 19, 2022

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In a day where info is pertinent “Your Score” offers readers precise insight on credit scores and management of credit resources. A Must Read!

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Montina Young

Get your Score in Order!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 1, 2019

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Bad credit is U-G-L-Y. I know, I know, I know...”Debt is dumb, cash is king and the paid off home mortgage has taken the place of the BMW as the status symbol of choice”.

I used to be a Dave Ramsay fanatic following everything he said, enrolled and finish the classes, read the books and my children took the classes. But, something happened once I started my business and started playing the credit game...

I suggest that you read “Your Score” and share a few tactics from the book:

- Freeze your credit
- Change your passwords and create a separate email for your bank account and credit card statements
- Order a copy of your credit reports every four months
- Handwrite your dispute letter on paper that is some other color than white. This will get your dispute kicked out of the automated character
reading machine and processed by a real person
- Prepare an action plan to increase your score

Even if you have $1 million in the bank, you’re still going to need a credit score at some point in your life. I definitely learned a few new tips from this book and will be giving it away to my staff, family and friends!

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Sal

Highly recommend!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 24, 2019

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Great book! Easy to read and understand. Really helpful info on raising your credit score, and how the banks looks at your score. The book even shows you how to dispute a “hard inquiry “ on your score. I had a “hard inquiry “ on my score. I followed his advice and immediately the hard inquiry was taken off my score. I highly recommend this book whether you want a better understanding of your credit score, or increase your credit score!

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Mandatory read for anyone building credit!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 14, 2018

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Anthony with Matt have written an incredibly valuable book focusing on a complex and challenging topic. Finances especially credit scores and major purchases are unbelievably stressful and intimidating. Your Score is not only an insightful book but also a friendly and dare I say entertaining book. My favorite chapters were 4, Gaming the System and Chapter 5 The Five Biggest Mistakes and How to Avoid them. Both provided instant ideas on what I can do better to protect myself and increase my credit score resulting in my family reaching our financial goals. THANK YOU for writin this book Anthony!!

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MPA

Valuable, Informative insights in this book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 29, 2018

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Should be required reading for anyone - but in particular a young person starting out in life. I learned many of the lessons the HARD way. Wish I had this book 40 years ago.

We all know that paying bills on time is a good thing. But do you know that this is not all it takes to build a strong credit score? And are you aware of the profound impact credit stores have on your life?

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steven

Great book if you want to take charge of your credit.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 27, 2019

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Great book, his writing is easy for me to understand and his guidance is already helping me and I'm just halfway through it. Do yourself a favor and buy this book. He shows you how to put in the work.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 18, 2020

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Must read for anyone interested in a higher financial IQ. This book should be required reading for every 18 year old and older.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2018

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Anthony has written a very clear and easy to understand book on credit. It's a topic many do not fully understand, in which case I'd highly recommend reading this book. It's an easy, quick read, and it will make you an expert instantly. Between the examples given, and Anthony sharing his personal story I was hooked. Enjoy!!

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