Do you need credit to rent an apartment
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Garit Boothe

Do You Need Credit to Rent an Apartment?

If you have bad credit or even no credit and need to rent an apartment, the whole process can be extremely frustrating.  And with more landlords requiring credit reports to rent, it’s more important than ever to understand how your credit report impacts renting an apartment and what is and isn’t required. This article is

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Build Business Credit in 30 Days
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Garit Boothe

Build Business Credit in 30 Days – 10 Secret Strategies

If you’re looking to build business credit quickly, this guide will show you how to do it.  I assume that you already have a business entity, such as an LLC. Sole proprietors and partnerships can build business credit too, but their financing options are limited.  I practice what I preach. I’ve been working in the

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Can I get a car loan with a credit score of 600
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Dylan Buckley

Can I Get a Car Loan With a Credit Score of 600?

Yes, you can get a car loan with a credit score of 600. However, it can be harder to find lenders that will approve you for a loan with such a low credit score. More importantly, you might not get the desired rates or loan amount you want with 600.  Credit scores are indicative of

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Dylan Buckley

How Fast Will a Car Loan Raise My Credit Score?

In most cases, it takes a few months for a car loan to raise your credit score. That is assuming that you make your payments on time. A car loan, like any other form of credit, is going to have an impact on your credit score. The majority of these changes are going to positively

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Renting with bad credit but high income
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Dylan Buckley

7 Tips Renting With Bad Credit but High Income

Good credit can open a lot of doors. One of the ways good credit can impact your life positively is by making it easy for you to find your next rental.  So what happens when you don’t have good credit but plenty of money to afford rent? Is it possible to convince a landlord to

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Dylan Buckley

If You Have No Credit, What Is Your Score? 

It’s logical to believe that if you have no credit score, your score would be zero.  However, it doesn’t actually work that way.  If you don’t have credit history, you simply don’t have a score. You don’t have a profile with the major credit bureaus yet. This means they can’t provide you with a score

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How to Start Business Credit With EIN
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Dylan Buckley

How to Start Business Credit with EIN 

If you want to avoid a personal guarantee in your business financing, you need to build business credit with your EIN, and not your Social Security number. Follow these steps to achieve this! These steps assume that you already have a business entity setup, like an LLC or an S-Corporation, with an EIN tied to

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