Credit 101: From How to Build Credit and Improve Your Credit Score to Reducing Credit Card Debt and Preventing Fraud, Your Essential Guide to Using Credit to Build Wealth - Couverture rigide

Pope, Carol

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ISBN 10 : 1507226020 ISBN 13 : 9781507226025

Editeur : Adams Media, 2026

Synopsis

Boost your personal finances and improve your buying power by optimizing your credit! Credit 101 is the ultimate beginner guide to understanding your credit, cutting through the confusion, and presenting the ins and outs of building, boosting, and repairing credit in a straightforward, easy-to-understand way.

Your credit score is key to a financially secure future—but, too often, books and websites make understanding credit scores feel confusing and overwhelming. Credit 101 breaks it all down clearly to strengthen your financial literacy with easy-to-understand and up-to-date information so you can make smarter money management decisions.

From understanding the fundamentals of credit to building credit from scratch and avoiding common credit mistakes, this primer is packed with hundreds of tips you can personalize to fit your specific credit-related needs. Inside, you’ll learn:

-What your credit score is and ways to use it to accumulate wealth
-How lenders use your score to approve or deny a loan application
-How to read your credit report and dispute costly errors
-Which loans to steer clear of
-How to protect your identity and avoid common financial scams
-And more!

Whether you are applying for your first credit card, fixing past credit mistakes, or trying to make the most of an excellent credit score, Credit 101 has all the answers—even the ones you didn’t know you were looking for.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Carol Pope is a financial writer who specializes in loans. Her goal is to help readers manage debt, improve their credit scores, and find the lowest loan rates. You can find her work on LendingTree and Bankrate. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as an insurance agent. Carol lives in Florida, and if she’s not writing, she’s probably running or volunteering with her local running club.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Adams Media
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1507226020
• ISBN 13: 9781507226025
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible