Description |
xvi, 202 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"A road map for how to navigate the confusing, secretive world of consumer credit, and how to upgrade and correct your score"-- Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Introduction: A cautionary tale -- What you don't know can hurt you -- What's in your score? -- Building the perfect credit profile -- Gaming the system -- The five biggest credit mistakes and how to avoid them -- Preparing your credit score for a new home purchase -- The care and feeding of credit cards -- Protecting your credit score from identity theft -- The "newbie" : establishing credit for the first time -- Higher education : navigating the school loan landscape -- Disaster relief : surviving divorce, foreclosure, and bankruptcy. |
Subject(S) |
Consumer credit -- United States.
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Finance, Personal -- United States.
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Added Name(S) |
Rudy, Matthew, author.
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ISBN |
9781328695277 (hardcover) |
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1328695271 (hardcover) |
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