After bankruptcy a credit report doesn’t automatically start to go up. My credit score was affected, as I expected it to happen, when I filed bankruptcy. What I didn’t expect was to have the same collections and charge offs being reported, still as collections and charge offs a year after my case was discharged. Not only did I have the bankruptcy but now I was still showing collections. It wasn’t until then that I really started to consider how long it was going to take for that bankruptcy to come off my credit report and it became obvious that I was going to have to address what was left behind.
I researched before I filled how long it would take for the bankruptcy to come off my credit report and if there was any possibility to have it removed. After doing this I was convinced that there was going to be at least a 10 year period that I was going to have to wait to see it come off my report and have a clean credit report again. Though it was tough to make the decision, I couldn’t continue to deal with the debt, the damage that it was doing to my family and I had reached its limit and I decided to file the bankruptcy.
My experience with having the bankruptcy removed from my credit report came by accident. I was addressing the mistakes on my report when I was told that the bankruptcy might be a candidate to be removed. Bankruptcy and a credit report usually go hand in hand, for ten years, by what I understood. The possibility of having it removed was news to me, being that I hadn’t considered trying to have it removed.
It wasn’t until I talked to a professional about my situation that I got some information that I missed while doing research myself. I also learned that I don’t have to wait 10 years to do anything with credit. I was under the impression that the black mark on my credit would prevent me from owning a home again and having credit for ten years. When I realized I could apply for credit in spite of the bankruptcy I was very surprised and hopeful of owning a home in as little as three to five years.
Don’t assume that a bankruptcy is the end of your credit report. There are options.
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As I mentioned above my bankruptcy credit report wasn’t looking very good. I had the BK and still the negative accounts. When I discussed it with the credit repair professionals, they told me I could have the mistakes taken off, not corrected. A correction still shows as a derogatory, it’s much better to have it removed. Which is what they assured me, they could get done.
My bankruptcy credit report now looks better with all the minor things removed. Yes the bankruptcy is still there but I know they’re working on getting in off. I’m giving it some time. If it doesn’t get done in the initial quoted time, then I’ll reconsider my approach. For now I’m grateful that there has been improvement and I’m getting back on track financially. If you want to try to remove the bankruptcy from your credit report, there are some good credit programs you can use like Credit repair magic. I opted for getting a free consultation from one of their experts and get the facts from them. That is what they do, after all. I didn’t have the time to learn and apply all the bankruptcy information.
It’s a great feeling to know I’m improving after all the months of feeling down and feeling like a failure. It’s not an easy decision to file bankruptcy and considering the bankruptcy credit report I was left with its easy to see why someone would be down. Getting the help I needed was crucial to not just my financial recovery but to my mental and emotional recovery also.
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It’s no secret that after bankruptcy credit repair will consist of rebuilding your credit. By that I mean applying for secured credit cards to re-establish your credit worthiness and get to the point where you can take an unsecured credit account, again. There are companies that offer unsecured credit cards right out of bankruptcy but you’ll pay for it. The point is that there is more to getting your credit score up than just applying for credit and showing you’re worthy again.
I for example, had many accounts that were discharged. One thing that I mistakenly assumed when I was discharged was that all my accounts would be updated and they would report correctly on my report. That wasn’t the case. After bankruptcy credit repair, for me consisted more on making sure accounts were either deleted, if I could get then to do it or at the very least report correctly. Many did update and showed as included in bankruptcy but others were not updated. I was patient and waited about 6 months after the discharge to see if they would update but nothing was happening. I was getting impatient and started working on it.
By then I had already taken a secured credit card and was working on that side of my credit. For me, after bankruptcy credit repair started getting a little tricky when I realized that a deletion was much more beneficial to me than a correction to an account. At first I didn’t know how to approach it so I looked into credit repair programs that could help. Another option, I was open to was having it done by a credit repair firm or attorney but I really wanted to avoid any further cost.
I’m glad I didn’t ignore my credit after bankruptcy. Credit repair is something everyone who files bankruptcy should consider if the information isn’t being reported properly. Removing all that you can is best but having it corrected is the next best thing. You have all the documentation you need with your filing so it wont be to difficult to contact the collection companies and have them report accurately. Your credit reports recovery will take much longer if you just wait for those erroneous accounts to fall out in 7 to 10 years.
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My bankruptcy credit repair approach was to have the accounts deleted as I mentioned above. I don’t know if those collection companies were aware of my bankruptcy discharge but credit repair magic did show me how to have an account removed so that’s what I did. I didn’t want to come right out and say that I had a discharge because I didn’t want them to offer a correction and be done with it.
It took a little more work but I managed to have the collection companies accounts, in some cases removed from my report. That worked out better for my bankruptcy credit repair efforts. It didn’t work on all the accounts and with two of them I had to be at peace with them just correcting the way they were reporting. But credit repair magic did provide me with great information and material that made it very easy for someone like me, with limited time to dispute effectively.
Start by getting your credit report and check out credit repair magic to see if its something that can help you.
If it isn’t, you can always try Lexington Law. They have a pretty well established reputation when it comes to credit repair.
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