Apr 28th, 2008

Carnival of Credit Report Stories, April 28, 2008

By David Weliver

I’m pleased to present this week’s Carnival of Credit Report Stories, which features several excellent articles that will help you manage one of your most important financial tools — your credit history.

Editor’s Picks

28 Tips to Repair Your Credit Score by CindyS at Oh My Aching Debts. A fabulous collection of the real things you can do to improve your credit.

5 Steps For Identity Theft Victims To Deal with Debt Collectors by B. Duncan at Identity Thoughts. This post (hopefully) won’t apply to many people, but offers a few great tips about what to do if debt collectors start to call you about a debt that legitimately is not yours. Yikes!

Credit Tips and Advice

6 tips for bumping up your credit score by Hank at My Investing Blog.

Arguments For And Against Carrying Multiple Reward Credit Cards by Ray at Money Blue Book: Personal Finance Blog.

Improve Your Financial IQ – Get Your Credit Reports and Scores by Will at Your Finish Rich Plan.

Easy Ways to Build Credit by Alexander at Wealth Junkies.

How I Raised My Credit Score 40 Points in 24hrs. and Saved 8 a Month in Interest by Jimson Lee at No Debt Anymore .org.

Everything you wanted to know about Fico Scores by Jonathan at Master Your Card.

Understanding Frozen Credit by Jeremy Zongker at Creditor Web.

Other Articles

3 Steps to a Lower Interest Rate by Brice Hogan at Financialzip.com.

Creating a Budget by Leaving The Folks at Real World Advice. In debt? Your banks don’t care about you by Mike Leonard at Until Debt Do Us Part.

Asset Allocation, Investment Asset Tax Location, and Emergency Cash Management
by Barb A. Ryan at Pasadena Financial Planner.

Election Promises by Jeremy Zongker at Debt Comics.

Submit your blog article to the next edition of credit report stories using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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2 Responses to “Carnival of Credit Report Stories, April 28, 2008”

  1. hank says:

    Thanks for adding my post!

  2. lulugal11 says:

    Thank you for hosting the carnival. It is good to see the people who took part in the carnival and I hope this drives some traffic to your site.

    Remember to ask the participants to link back to this post and share the link love.

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