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Your credit history, credit reports and credit scores are based on how well you have paid your debts in the past. You already have started building a smart credit history. Adding positive information to your credit report will help to balance out some of the negative information. Even if the debt you owe is a small amount, it rebuild your credit is crucial that you make payments on time.

The first step to rebuilding your credit is to look at exactly where you stand. Not paid as agreed, which rebuild your credit can hurt your score. LEAVE A NOTE Because prospective employers may pull a copy of your credit report, consider adding the equivalent of a doctor’s note to each of your reports explaining your hardship, like a job loss.

Consumers who max out or charge close to their credit limit are more likely to experience problems repaying the debt should a change of circumstance occur, such as loss of income or illness. Or perhaps one lender will permit so-called shoe box credit.

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