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Free FICO Score Check

Zach Ford asked: Your FICO score is a number that indicates how well you manage your financial obligations. Banks, landlords, credit card companies, and even employers use credit scores to judge you and your potential future tendencies. Your credit is not based on your income, but rather on how well you have managed your finances [...]

Posted February 13th, 2011 in Finance | Comments Off

How Do I Check My FICO Credit Report For Free?

Zach Ford asked: The most important step you can take to improving your finances is to become acquainted with your FICO credit report. By learning what your FICO score is, and working towards improving and maintaining it, you can receive better interest rates and more favorable terms on loans, saving you thousands of dollars. Your [...]

Posted December 27th, 2010 in Finance | Comments Off

Landlord Credit Checks

Alison Cole asked: A person who owns a property such as a house, apartment, or a piece of real estate and rents or leases out his property or properties to other individuals or organizations is known as a landlord. These properties provide the landlords with their source of income. So, checking the tenant’s credit worthiness [...]

Posted May 16th, 2010 in Finance | Comments Off

When renting a house, is it normal for potential landlords to ask to do a credit check on you?

Jonny Neutron asked: I’m looking for a house to rent, and I want to make sure that it’s normal that potential landlords want to do a credit check on me. I understand that the landlord wants to make sure that I can afford the place, but at the same time, I want to make sure [...]

Posted August 16th, 2009 in Renting & Real Estate | 11 Comments »