Tag: credit score
Unlocking Financial Freedom: How a Better Credit Score Leads to Better Finances
December 7, 2016
Your credit score is one of the most important numbers in your life. It can dictate whether or not you are able to secure a loan, rent an apartment, or even land your dream job. A better credit score can lead to better financial opportunities and ultimately, financial freedom. With a good credit score, you can secure lower interest rates, better loan terms, and higher credit limits.
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Free Credit Report # 3 – Credit Sesame
March 27, 2014
Creditkarma and Discover card can both give you your credit score based on tracking your TransUnion credit report. However, you can also sign up to another free service, Credit Sesame, which will instead monitor your Experian credit report daily, and send you an email alert if changes occur with this. (This site also seems like a good place to get offers for credit cards, home mortgages, etc, etc). Continue Reading
Free Credit Report #2 – Discover Card
March 4, 2014
I recently acquired a Discover credit card for a number of beneficial reasons, but just wanted to briefly highlight that it also gives you credit score for free every month.
Perhaps an advantage over CreditKarma is that it is actually a FICO score, which in this case is based on data from TransUnion. It’s still not perfect Continue Reading
Credit Monitoring for Free! – Credit Karma
January 14, 2014
I have started using Credit Karma, and there are a couple of features that I have found to be really useful, and would like to highlight to you. Perhaps my favorite is the credit report monitoring, notifying me of any changes and for free! Continue Reading