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You get a bureau credit repair report from one of three federally recognized credit bureaus " Equifax, TransUnion and Experian. You can get one free from each of these credit bureaus, which means you can get up to three free bureau credit repair reports per year. You should take advantage of this in order to keep an eye on your credit, your money and your personal security. If you are repairing your credit in any way, they become especially important.

Oh No- What's This, A Mistake?

Correcting mistakes or questionable activity on your credit report right away is of vital importance. The more time goes by, the harder it can be to correct any inaccuracies. As well, your credit rating suffers. Not to mention being harassed by bill collectors for bills marked unpaid.

When you see a mistake, you have to make a hand-written request to challenge the information and send it to the credit bureau that sent you the bureau credit repair report. The credit bureau has 30 days to get back to you. In the meantime, they will be contacting all of your creditors to verify if what you said was true. If they cant find anything to disprove your written request, theyll change the information in your favor.

You also have the right to make written statements to be included into your bureau credit repair report. These can be added as a permanent part of your report in order for any future lender or whoever to read your side of the story. Say you got caught in Hurricane Katrina and were completely wiped out. Before that, you never missed a loan repayment in your life. This stuff is seriously taken into consideration.

What Its Not

Your credit bureau report will not unfortunately wipe away all details from your bad credit days- such as bankruptcies, repossessions and late payments. Changing such information is not legal.

A credit repair report is not a new or even a secondary file about your credit history. This information is also incredibly illegal- ranking with possession of fake I.D.'s and forged passports.

A word of warning- if you have to make changes to your bureau credit repair report, make sure those changes are actually included in your report. The most effective way to do so is to order another report.