Credit-Repair-Guy answers:

I have had firsthand knowledge of this because I’ve used Lexington Law to research how their credit repair works as oppoosed to doing it yourself, and I’ll say this. If you have the money to waste on it, then by all means go right ahead. With the different credit forums, inculding Yahoo! Answers, you can do it yourself for the fraction of what they’re offering.

Don’t get me wrong, they’re cordial people and they seem helpful, but you should expect that when you’re paying anywhere from $39-79/month.

If you really want to repair your credit as badly as you say you do, then the first step is to avoid credit repair services. They don’t do anything anymore special than you can do on your own. The first thing that you need to know that knowledge is power. In order to fix your credit, you should know how your credit is scored and how it affects you

1. Payment history- 35%
2. Total debt owed to avialable credit ratio-30%
3. Length of time establishing credit-15%
4. Types of credit established-10%
5. Inquiries and New accounts-10%

With that said, there’s 2 things when it comes to bad debts and collection items that you should be aware of, the FCRA and statute of limitations. These are 2 diffferent things. The FCRA(Fair Credit Reporting Act) is the timeframe that negative items can remain on your report which is 7½ years from the date it first went deliquent. For example if a debt first became delinquent July 10, 2000 the legal limit that the debt can be reported would be January 10, 2008. Also, there is a seperate statute of limitations that varies by state on how long a debt can be legally enforced. This is different from the FCRA, because depending on which state you live in the statute may or may not expire before the FCRA.

Here’s a link for that

http://www.creditinfocenter.com/rebuild/statuteLimitations.shtml

Another important thing to know is that negative items that are less than 2 years old are hurting your score the most. It’s possible that you can settle much older debts for far less in exchange for getting them removed from your report altogether. This is called a “pay to delete”. I posted several links explaining this in detail

http://www.creditinfocenter.com/debt/settle_debts.shtml

http://www.creditinfocenter.com/debt/neg_rating_after_settle.shtml

http://www.creditinfocenter.com/debt/CanCreditorSue4SettlementDifferences.shtml

http://www.creditinfocenter.com/debt/ActualDebtSuccesses.shtml

http://www.creditinfocenter.com/debt/debt-negotiation.php

There’s sites like the one I posted along with a few more than can help you repair your credit cheaper and easier than you would if you paid out of the pocket.

Credit-Repair-Guy answers:

Сredit repair workеd fine to fix my credit. They disputed and removed lots of bad items from my credit report. I used this service – credit-report-free.totalh.com

Credit-Repair-Guy answers:

I havn’t used this company but used one out west. My credit score went up about 77 points in 60 days. It’s not a scam. They just use some consumer credit laws to dispute stuff. Yes, you could do it yourself if you have the time and patience. I figured it was worth having someone do it. Don’t pay more than $1,700. I shopped around and that seems to be the right area.

Credit-Repair-Guy answers:

This is a spam question. The same person asking this question is already recommending MyCreditGroup in other places on Yahoo Answers and promoting the creditrepairreviews.net site which is a front for MyCreditGroup.

Credit-Repair-Guy answers:

The creditrepairreviews.net site is likely operated by MyCreditGroup so take any advice on that site with a grain of salt (see link below). Both companies are reputable so you are probably better served calling them up and seeing how well their individual services work for you.

Also, when looking at BBB records, keep in mind the number of people each company has serviced. Lexington may have almost 300 complaints (all resolved), but since they have probably serviced at least 300 times as many people as MyCreditGroup, it is a wash.