Just make sure they don't have early payoff penalties tied to them.

Probably this:
# Have 1 bank credit card (Visa) Pay off in full every month

Only one card. Does it have a low limit? That hurts as well.
Not having much credit extended to you/available to you makes it hard to get more credit. Makes sense to them.

I have lived like this for years and it just pisses me off to all end to know how diciplined and responsible I am with money that I probably would struggle to get a 10k loan somewhere if God forbid I ever had too :cuss:

5 years ago-ish; laid off; foreclosed; job making 45% less; horrible situation

2013; making more than i did in 2008; paid off 2 cars, sold the motorcycle; paid of 3 cards; just paid 1/2 of the remaining balance of 1 card; paying the next 1/2 here in a few weeks;. paid off another card in full last month.

2 cards to go that are interest and penalty fee because we got on a payment plan. should be 'done' by summer next year. and not have any debt.

haven't used a card since 2008. aside from buying something online, then immediately going to my card site and paying it off/crediting it etc.

By doing something, typically in a good way, obviously.

So by law we are always allowed to pay off a loan at any time but the slimey bastards can penalize you for doing so?

That is real nice

That's what they told me, and I have a 799 credit score, also have a 12 inch penis, and I run a 4.3 fourty. #comeatmebro

Here is the book:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Total-Mone...money+makeover

I picked up the Kindle version for $10

He is on the Radio everyday too you can listen here:

http://www.daveramsey.com - hes on for another 30min or so


But here are the steps:

Step 1- Save $1000 Emergency Fund
Step 2- Pay off all Debts Smallest to Largest - using the funds you free up to add to the payment of the next debt - aka the debt snowball
Step 3- Complete the ER fund with 3-6mo of savings
Step 4- Put 15% of your income toward retirement
Step 5 - Save for Kids' college
Step 6 - Pay off House Early
Step 7 - Become Wealthy and give a lot of it away


Thats the VERY high level overview but the Key to step 1-3 is budgeting - give every dollar a name -- on paper - on purpose every month - Keep a $0 Budget meaning every dollar has a Job


we are hooked
We want to live like no one else so later we can live like no one else.

I'd give you a loan mr R8ers

Think about it. The bank is loaning you the money because they want to make money (interest) off of you. If you pay it off early.....they penalize you because they aren't going to make that money. A lot of banks don't do it anymore.....but there are some that still do.

from what i understand you should have 3-4 credit cards that you charge things to (you can still pay them off) so they remain active....(unsecured aspect)

also, if it has been a while since you have had a secured loan (car or house etc...) you should try and get a secure loan, even if you just pay it off...this could be the biggest factor in why your score is low. You might try to get a HELOC....use it once a year to make a large-ish purchase, then pay it off.....that may be all you need to do for the secured aspect.

I think you are wise to want to raise your score. I'm in a similar position, but my score is now 750ish...I would like to try for 800+

I think that stuff falls off of your score after 5 years, right?

That is completely not true. Ridiculous.

It would be stupid to purposefully carry a balance for the purpose of paying interest.

Step 1- Save $1000 Emergency Fund--------Done X 100+
Step 2- Pay off all Debts Smallest to Largest - using the funds you free up to add to the payment of the next debt - aka the debt snowball---Done, Years ago
Step 3- Complete the ER fund with 3-6mo of savings--- Done several times over
Step 4- Put 15% of your income toward retirement--- 15% 90% OF THE YEAR 25% when I feel frisky
Step 5 - Save for Kids' college---- Got it covered, Daughter not interested in being a brain surgeon
Step 6 - Pay off House Early--- Done...
Step 7 - Become Wealthy and give a lot of it away ---- Already give alot away, I pay the hell out of taxes while others sit on their ass and play xbox

I actually looked at some credit cards that said I had a high possibility of being approved for but they are shit cards that want 39 bucks a year for the privy of taking space up in my wallet...

The system sucks if you ask me