How Long Does Bad Credit Affect My Credit Scores?

Your credit score is a calculated as a totality of all therecorded on your report, the less of an effect it will
information on your credit report. Every single detail ishave on your scores. You want to also work to
taken into consideration, factors such as the numberrecord to positive accounts during the rebuilding
of open accounts, monthly pay history, age ofprocess.
accounts, and the balances on each account areAnother great way to totally beat the effect of a
some of the factors that the scoring formula will looknegative account is to work to have it deleted from
at when computing a final credit score. Different typesyour three main reports with Equifax, Transunion and
of negative accounts affect your credit score in aExperian. Many people question if the process of
different way.having negative information deleted from credit reports
For example a third party collection account will affectreally work, but the answer is yes!
your credit rating differently from having a bankruptcyI have personally assisted home buyers with
listed on your file. Each would subtract a differentsuccessfully accomplishing this goal and I must say its
number of points from your score but the creditonly possible thanks to the law known as the Fair
agencies don't disclose the exact formula used to doCredit Reporting Act. Which is well worth the effort to
these calculations. One thing that is known is the factlearn more about how it all works.
that the more time that passes after a negative is