Personal Finance Blog
When talking and writing about credit reports and scores day-in and day-out, it begins to seem pretty black and white. Pay your bills on time, every time. Keep your credit utilization low. Consistently use credit responsibly over … [Read more...]
Quizzle.com is the easiest way to get a complete understanding of your credit. Visit Quizzle.com to get your free credit report and score. No credit card or social security number necessary!
There’s a big difference between knowing and achieving. Stephen R. Covey understood this significant gap when he penned his timeless guide to becoming more effective in attaining your life goals. In his classic, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective … [Read more...]
Quizzle.com is the easiest way to get a complete understanding of your credit. Visit Quizzle.com to get your free credit report and score. No credit card or social security number necessary!
It’s pretty cool that Quizzle gives away a truly free credit report. Naturally, all of us here at Quizzle love to tell friends and family about that awesomeness. The ironic thing is most still don’t get their credit report. This has always … [Read more...]
Quizzle.com is the easiest way to get a complete understanding of your credit. Visit Quizzle.com to get your free credit report and score. No credit card or social security number necessary!
Discussions about credit improvement often focus on the dos. However, in many cases, the don'ts are just as important. For example, I was lurking on one of my favorite personal finance forums the other day and came across this question: "Paid … [Read more...]
Quizzle.com is the easiest way to get a complete understanding of your credit. Visit Quizzle.com to get your free credit report and score. No credit card or social security number necessary!
The way I see it, credit scores are a lot like the classic Clint Eastwood (Blondie) line from the Spaghetti Western, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: “I’ll sleep better knowing my worst enemy is by my side to protect me.” A credit score … [Read more...]
Quizzle.com is the easiest way to get a complete understanding of your credit. Visit Quizzle.com to get your free credit report and score. No credit card or social security number necessary!
Marriage often joins two very different people together: introverts and extroverts, frugal and spend-thrift, good credit and bad credit. Consequently, happy marriages are typically the result of blending the best of the two into a stronger one. … [Read more...]
Quizzle.com is the easiest way to get a complete understanding of your credit. Visit Quizzle.com to get your free credit report and score. No credit card or social security number necessary!
Warning! Your credit score could be stuck. Good or bad, a credit score that isn’t improving (assuming you haven’t hit the 800+ credit elite) means that you’re not achieving your full credit potential. More importantly... it means you’re … [Read more...]
Quizzle.com is the easiest way to get a complete understanding of your credit. Visit Quizzle.com to get your free credit report and score. No credit card or social security number necessary!
As I was browsing through my Facebook News Feed I came across this quote: “A successful husband is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man!” It wasn’t the first stereotype I’ve … [Read more...]
Quizzle.com is the easiest way to get a complete understanding of your credit. Visit Quizzle.com to get your free credit report and score. No credit card or social security number necessary!
It’s a Catch-22. If you have bad credit, you pay more in interest on home loans, auto loans, credit cards and more, making it more challenging to make your payments, get out of debt and improve your credit score. On the other hand, if you have good … [Read more...]
Quizzle.com is the easiest way to get a complete understanding of your credit. Visit Quizzle.com to get your free credit report and score. No credit card or social security number necessary!
A couple of days ago, I wrote an article on the S&P credit downgrade and its impacts on your personal finances. Literally hours later, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), who sets the fed funds rate and is a major influencer on overall … [Read more...]
Quizzle.com is the easiest way to get a complete understanding of your credit. Visit Quizzle.com to get your free credit report and score. No credit card or social security number necessary!
Have you ever looked at all three of your credit scores? Most likely all three are slightly different. That simply means that three different companies have come to slightly different conclusions, based on the data they have, as to how likely you … [Read more...]
Quizzle.com is the easiest way to get a complete understanding of your credit. Visit Quizzle.com to get your free credit report and score. No credit card or social security number necessary!
