Skip to Main Content
Liz Weston on Personal Finance (Collection), 2/e
book

Liz Weston on Personal Finance (Collection), 2/e

by Liz Weston
April 2013
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
913 pages
21h 32m
English
Pearson
Content preview from Liz Weston on Personal Finance (Collection), 2/e

3. Burnish Your Credit Score

Credit scores have been around for decades, but they’ve become increasingly important in recent years. Lenders, insurance companies, and landlords often rely heavily on scores derived from credit information to evaluate applicants and to determine how much to charge. Bad or nonexistent credit scores can cost you tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of dollars over your lifetime, as I wrote in my book Your Credit Score: How to Improve the 3-Digit Number That Shapes Your Financial Future (FT Press, 2011).

However, you can rehabilitate bad scores and protect good ones by engaging in the right behaviors. Here’s what you need to know.

Improving Bad Scores Takes Time, Patience

Q: I’m 27 and have been working ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Credit 911: Secrets and Strategies to Saving Your Financial Life

Credit 911: Secrets and Strategies to Saving Your Financial Life

Rodney Anderson, Robert Kiyosaki
Millennial Money Makeover

Millennial Money Makeover

Conor Richardson, CPA

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780133445893