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Consumers Beware Of What May Be In Your Mailbox

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Consumers beware of new credit card offers that may be arriving in your mailbox. Due to the increased regulations mandated on the credit card act (Credit Card Accountability and Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009), creditors have become more creative. Beware of “Professional Cards” not covered by the act. In the old days, professional cards were sent to small business owners or corporate executives, but now they are starting to target consumers. According to an article in Wall Street Journal, Beware That New Credit-Card Offer” written by “JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG “in the first quarter of 2010 issuers mailed out 47 million professional offers, a %256 increase from the same period last year.”

By switching to a professional card the following practices  may pertain to your new professional card:

*Issuers do not have to allow 21 days after a billing statement is mailed before a payment is due

*Issuers can raise the rates on existing balances if a late payment has been made to another creditor

*Issuers can hit cardholders with big fees if they exceed their credit limit

*Issuers can change card agreements without giving advance notice

Make sure you know what type of credit card you are signing up for.  Read the fine print and ask questions. 

If you have ever wondered…….”Is  my credit bad?” give us a call we can walk you through your credit report , credit score and what steps you may need to take to help your situation.

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You want to pull my credit ? Are your prepared?

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

In the past everyone knows that  when ever you make a major purchase your credit will be pulled.  And even now most people know that business pull your credit when you purchase a cell phone, tires,  insurance etc. 

For whatever reason,  this weekend I was thrown for a loop.  

My daughter is in 4th grade and its now time to start band……  knowing my daughter, this may be a short term activity so we decided to rent an instrument instead of purchasing one.  After figuring out the saxophone wasn’t going to work (too heavy, fingers not long enough) and that she felt “dorky” holding the flute, she decided she’d try the clarinet.  Ok great, lets get it rented….. we start filling out the paperwork and at the end the lady says, “oh yeah, I need to pull your credit before we rent out the instrument.”  The instrument was going to be 10$/mo for the school year.  I offered to pay for the year up front in cash… now she was confused ………  Nope, nada, not gonna happen, still want to pull your credit.   So after I recover from disbelief we move forward.  At that time it hit me again, your credit is such a precious commodity.  You never know when or who is going to want to look at it.  Are you prepared? 

If you’re worried about your score, if your score is stuck or needs to improve so you can get a better insurance rate, interest rate or even be extended credit.  Check us out.  Our  system is phenominal. 

I’d love to hear about a time when you were asked if someone could pull your credit, and you were caught off guard.

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Introducing Utah Credit Coach

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Whether you have a 700 credit score or a 400 credit score this system can help you! Today mortgage, credit card and consumer lending companies are charging higher interest rates if your credit score is less than 760. Are you kidding? You literally have to walk on water in order to get today’s best interest rates.

After years of not being able to help some credit challenged clients the way I would like, I’ve discovered legitimate method to radically change a potential clients credit profile. This month I’d like to introduce you to utahcreditcoach.com. Up until now I was only familiar with “credit repair” or “credit dispute” companies, these types of companies would write in to creditors and to the credit agencies and dispute late payment, collections, judgments and even foreclosures. Under the federal credit laws if the creditor could not produce proof of the delinquency they would have to remove it from the credit report. I felt a bit of a moral quandary with this because I knew many of these delinquencies were legitimate and these companies were essentially harassing these companies through the credit laws to remove or quit reporting the delinquencies even if they were being reported accurately.

Credit Coaching is totally different, here’s how it works:

  1. The proprietary software goes to work scrubbing your report for errors such as duplicate late payments being reported, active collections or late payments that should have been included in a bankruptcy, late payments or collections from an account where you were the authorized user, etc. These are legitimate mistakes that should not negatively affect your credit, the system then WRITES LETTERS FOR YOU to the credit bureau and tells you were to send it!
  2. It measures your current use of credit vs. the credit bureau’s ideal usage models and tells you if you need to reduce the use of credit (i.e. pay down the balance) or increase your use. It will even tell you if you have too many accounts open and need to close some of them, or if you need to open new accounts because you don’t have enough credit. And if your credit is in the toilet and you can’t qualify for any new accounts, don’t worry they have a secured credit card company that GUARNTEES they will approve you regardless of credit history or score.
  3. Quarterly the system assesses your progress and notifies you of your improved score, then sets up the action plan for the next 90 days. It’s literally like a Credit Coach, consistently measuring where you’ve improved and what items still need to be worked on for you to have a perfect score.

Go there now and check it out www.utahcreditcoach.com! There’s tons of free information about credit coaching and how to improve your credit score. Once you’ve visited the site, please send me an email or give me a call and let me know what you think.

Josh Mettle is a top producing Professional Mortgage Lender in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Josh is also a fourth generation real estate investor, and owns a number of rental homes, apartment units and mortgages.  If you’re ready to buy or sell residential real estate, get Josh’s latest free tips, tools and newsletter at http://www.joshmettle.com Utah Real Estate Professionals can keep informed by visiting Josh’s Mortgage and Real Estate Blog at http://www.joshmettle.com/blog/

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www.utahcreditcoach.com

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

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Five Most Frequent Mistakes of the Newly Divorced

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
  1. You got married… Sorry we could not help ourselves. And if ever there was a time for a laugh, we thought this was it.
  2. Neglect to create a budget after the divorce. It’s very important after a divorce that you confront your financial needs and your current financial limitations. Will you be getting alimony? Paying alimony? Avoid “treating yourself” to big ticket items that may hurt you financially. Visit http://www.utahcreditcoach.com for a free budget calculator.
  3. Not cutting the financial ties and making a clean definite break from your ex. Don’t let your credit be unnecessarily destroyed. Hope for the best, but plan for the worst. Cut these ties quickly and be adamant about closing all joint accounts.
  4. Filing your taxes without consulting a professional CPA for tax advice. Should you file joint or separately, who gets to write off the kids, the house, the business expenses? Make sure you are taking into account key credits and deductions that may affect your return and liability. (http://www.divorcesource.com/info/taxes)
  5. Not making time to plan for long term financial goals (retirement, children’s college funds and weddings, etc.) These are all important items that beg for help from a professional advisor. Ask us for a referral if you don’t have one!

P.S. (We’re making up for number one) Forgetting to update all your beneficiaries on every investment, retirement, savings account, insurance policy, Will and Trust.

P.S.S. Neglecting to check your credit report. You need to see what your credit score is currently and what accounts are in both of your names. Once the divorce is final, many people need to start improving their credit score along with establishing new credit in their name only. For more great credit coaching information visit www.UtahCreditCoach.com

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