If your credit score is above 700, here are 5 things to keep inching it up. Alright, my credit score is above a 700, now what? How to increase my credit score… Answer: Keep building your credit score because, you may need it in the future and credit = money (see my article, How to use my credit score to make more money.) Here is a list of 5 things to do to keep building and refining your credit score. 1. Download Credit Karma and Log In. Monitoring your credit score is an easy way to stay in touch with your finances, think of it as having a scale in…
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How the Credit Bureaus Look at Your Credit Score
Monitoring your credit score is an easy way to stay in touch with your finances, think of it as having a scale in your bathroom, not only does it provide you with information about yourself, but it also can give an incentive to get off your butt and start working on it. Credit Karma doesn’t just give you your credit score, but it also breaks down your Credit factors for you.  Here are the 6 credit factors Credit Karma looks at to improve your score: Credit Card Utilization: the percentage of your used credit over your available credit; Derogatory marks: missed payments, late fees…; Total accounts open: track your credit…
