When choosing a credit repair company that can help and give the best advice for credit repair instead of just handing you off to a collection agency, make sure that it is one that fully abides by the United States Credit Repair Organizations Act, or CROA for short. This is a set of stipulations passed by Congress back in the middle of the 1990s to protect consumers from predatory practices then prevalent in the industry.
A good credit repair company today should discharge all responsibilities under this law - which, incidentally, is not technically an "Act" but a "Title" - Title IV, to be precise, of the wider Consumer Credit Protection Act, where Section 401, however, specifically notes that that this set of legal prescriptions and proscriptions can indeed be referred to as the "Credit Repair Organizations Act."
In any case, it is definitely the law, and any credit repair company worth doing business with today will abide by it - or such a business is simply a fly-by-night operation. After all, what is a credit repair company for but to make your life simpler? Especially in today's economy, credit worthiness is an especially important aspect of modern life.
But precisely because of the current economic tumult, credit reporting agencies have raised the bar and what was standard yesterday is barely mediocre today. Many consumers have found, virtually overnight, that their once good-if-not-spectacular credit scores are suddenly not so good, precluding them from many of the conveniences and even outright options available to others, choices like a wide selection of housing and even some of the best jobs still around!
Hence the role of a credit repair company is more vital than ever before, and so all consumers should familiarize themselves with CROA stipulations while shopping around. Unscrupulous companies can actually cause you increased financial hardship through their unfair business practices, so make sure to read up on what CROA provides for! As a brief introduction, know for now that CROA prohibits your being charged for any service not fully rendered. It also allows you to change your mind after signing the contract within three days. Under CROA, you cannot waive your rights, and must be notified that you may still obtain personal credit information on your and even pursue credit repair efforts on your own. At the same time, you may not lie about your credit history, or try to create a new identity or credit file. CROA basically tried to protect you as a consumer without letting you off the hook for any debt owed.
Hopefully this can isolate the real credit companies from the actual scammers who try as hard as they can to snake the helpless and send them to collection agencies. This is nothing to be thinking of since it can become something extremely dangerous if ignored for long enough.
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Article by Paul Wise. When it comes to credit repair companies Paul recommends IcreditInc.com for advice on credit repair and debt consolidation.
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