Sunday, June 21, 2009

What Exactly Does "Your Credit" Mean?

By Michelle Louis

Is anyone else besides me confused and frankly tired of all this talk about credit in the news? Truthfully, I have lost hope that anyone with responsibility actually knows what they are talking about. However, it is important to understand how credit works because it can severely affect your day to day (or month to month) life.

So your credit score is just an intangible number, but it also can have a great effect on your day to day life. It can effect whether or not you can lease an apartment or get utilities, if you can get a car to drive to work, and other aspects of our day to day lives.

Chances are, if you are reading an article about credit restoration then you have bad credit that you need restored back to good. The most important part of restoring your credit is to understand what exactly your credit is and what things effect your credit. I put things and your credit in quotations because to me they seem to be ambiguous phrases that need to be clarified and explained in order to move forward to financial freedom.

Basically, your credit score is a number (calculated differently by different companies) that is calculated by a mathematical algorithm. It is important to realize that credit is a numbers game. It does not factor in the human circumstances; such as job loss, natural disasters, health problems etc., that in reality truly effect a persons financial situation.

If you are able to think about your financial situation objectively and from a mathematical perspective then you can restore your credit. Knowing how your credit score is calculated is the only way to get leverage and restore your credit back to excellent.

Here is your first lesson in credit scores. There is a difference between a credit score and a credit report! You probably knew this, but check out my website to learn more about this.

Secondly, there are 5 factors that go into the algorithm that calculates your credit score. You will have to visit my website to learn more about these! These are they keys to finding debt relief and to restoring your credit.

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