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Answers (3)
- Lori Martinez, "lori in bcc"
- Contributions:2
Pull your credit report and analyze it. Be sure everything showing up is correct and current. It is very important to open new credit, 2-4 good "tradelines" is what a lender will look at now. You can't do much about the past, but you are in control of the future. Keep it clean and no lates, anywhere!!
Lori Martinez, HomeRun Financial
Lori Martinez, HomeRun Financial
- Gary Kinberg, "Gary Kinberg"
- Contributions:229
2 years from the discharge for a chapter 7 for an FHA loan and re-established credit is advisable. Open 3 accounts and keep them paid off.
- Joe Rehm, "joe.rehm"
- Contributions:55
How long ago? Chapter 7 ? 13? We need more info. One thing you do need to do is to re-establish credit and keep it current. This will show the BK was due to a specific reason and the re-established cerdit shows that you are well on the way to correct whatever problems you previously had. JR
What do you do if you have a bankruptcy on your credit?
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