How does a tax lien affect your credit score?
Tax liens no longer appear on credit reports and should have no bearing on your credit score.
2 min read
Jan 20, 2021
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Cashback Monitor guide
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Should I use a personal loan to pay off credit card debt?
Using a personal loan to pay off credit card debt can be a huge financial relief—but is a personal loan your best option?
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How new credit impacts your score
As my regular readers may know, there are five FICO factors that make up a credit score. These are payment history at 35 percent, credit utilization at 30 percent, credit history at 15 percent, credit [...]
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Is a perfect credit score worth it?
Luckily, you don’t have to have a perfect credit score to reap the benefits of near-perfect credit.
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Best credit cards for online shopping
If you shop online anyway, you might as well pay with plastic and get something in return.
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Rewards for your resolutions: Achieve New Year’s goals with these cards
Earn rewards on your 2021 New Year’s resolutions.
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