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The first step is to ask yourself the question, “What do I want in my financial future?” Once you answer that, it’s time for you to move forward.
You get the idea. If you want your credit to be improved, you have to first think about what you want to do. Once you know what that is, you can start thinking about how to get it. The way to do this is to identify the areas of your life that need improvement.
It’s not as easy as it sounds because, let’s face it, the majority of people don’t even know if they want to improve their credit. But, when you ask yourself those questions, you’ll get some good and bad ideas. Bad ideas are things you shouldn’t do and should avoid, because they are sure to result in your credit getting worse. The good ideas are things that you should take full advantage of to get better credit.
In the video above, Kia Finance’s founder, Matt Davis, talks about some of his bad credit ideas. He says that he thought about buying a house and renting, but when he bought property, the seller’s credit got worse and the house wasn’t worth as much.
Good ideas are more like good practices. You should treat your credit as an asset, and just apply the same level of care it would be treated in a healthy person. If you have a bad credit score, you might want to try and get a loan from a good credit lender.
If your credit score is too low, you might want to consider using a credit card. It is much easier to apply for a credit card than it is to apply for a loan. Credit cards are a great way to get a line of credit when you are first starting out. Good credit is one of those “you’ll know when you hit it” things.
The problem with credit cards is that there is no way to know what your credit score is going to be. If it is below 300, it is not worth lending money to you, but if it is above 500, you might want to consider the idea of borrowing from a credit card company.
Credit cards have very little to do with bad credit in the way of actual debt. Some companies will give you a credit check to see if you are eligible for a specific credit card, and if your credit is good, you will have to pay the minimum amount that the card requires. With a credit card, you do not have to pay anything until you get your first bill. That is the opposite of the way a loan works.
Credit cards are a great way to get a credit line if you have bad credit. They can be an excellent way to pay down a big debt, but they can also be a terrible way to pay down a small debt. A bad credit card will make it easier to pay off a small debt, but it won’t make it easier to pay off a large one.
The problem with a bad credit card is that it takes longer to get the card than it takes to pay it off. If you have bad credit and have been using a credit card to pay down a debt for a very long time, you have an opportunity to take out a new credit card, but you have only a couple of months to do it before the credit limit on your existing credit card starts to go to zero.