Index

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401(k)s

cashing in early, 82

loans, 82, 149

paying off credit cards, 149

paying off credit cards with, 180–181

A

abusing student loan debt, 179

accounts

age of, 23

balances, keeping low, 121

checking/savings, opening, 61–62

closing, 59, 66, 152

explaining, 73

collection, 19

credit cards, co-signers, 61

credit reports, reviewing, 19

identity theft. See identity theft

joint users, 61

opening, 59–63

paying off, 149–151

rehabilitating troubled, 102

savings

emergency funds, 174–176

HSAs, 177

types of needed to have good credit, 71

updating, 151

verifying, 47

accreditation, credit counseling, 90

addresses, checking credit reports for errors, 47

Adelson, Mark, 43

advantages of VantageScore, 44

age of accounts, factors that affect credit ...

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