Credit gone bad part 2

DDA Mortgage • October 21, 2019

Credit gone bad part 2: how to improve your credit score so you can buy your house.

Here are a few tips to improve your credit score and save money on your next mortgage.
  • Transcript

    didier at diddy a mortgage let's talk

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    about credit again last we talked about

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    creating credit but let's talk about

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    credit scores that are low and what you

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    can do so listen you have a bunch of

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    medical collections right and that you

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    think that you pay it off to a zero

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    balance it's gonna be great but it's not

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    when you pay off that medical collection

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    you make an agreement with them that you

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    want to delete it off your credit report

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    so not only are you paying it off and

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    they'll write the letter that's zero but

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    they're saying they're deleting it from

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    the credit report that will increase

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    your scores very important the other

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    thing is if you're paying off some bills

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    or you have some late ask them to remove

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    the 30-day late what's the worst thing

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    they can say no so you want to ask call

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    them up

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    I've had a great account with you I've

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    been playing with you for 10 years I've

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    won 30 day late please take it off my

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    credit report and ask them but always

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    get it in writing because we can go

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    ahead and upload it to correct it hey

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    listen let's talk about the person that

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    doesn't have any credit it's got all bad

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    credit are you thinking that it's gonna

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    get better like maybe next year negative

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    go back to my video from last week about

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    the secured credit card if you have

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    nothing good nothing Goods gonna come so

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    you got to inject a little bit of

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    goodness by getting your credit and

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    getting it going hey I'm Didier Didier

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    mortgage just insightful information

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    wishing you a great week and thank you

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    for tuning in

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