💳 CREDIT CHEAT SHEET — READ & SAVE 💳
This is your quick, simple guide to understanding credit and fixing it the RIGHT way. 📌 1. What Makes Your Score Go Up or Down Your credit score is made of 5 parts: 🟩 35% — Payment History Pay EVERYTHING on time. Late payments hurt the most. 🟦 30% — Utilization Keep your credit card balances under 10% for best results. 🟨 15% — Age of Credit The older your accounts, the better your score. 🟪 10% — Credit Mix A mix of: - Credit cards - Installments (Self, CreditStrong, loans) - Auto, mortgage (optional) 🟥 10% — Inquiries Too many hard pulls lowers your score temporarily. 📌 2. How to Build Credit FAST Add the “Big 4”: ✔ Credit Strong ✔ Self Lender ✔ Rental Reporting (Rental Kharma/RentReporters) ✔ Kikoff or Ava These give you primary accounts, the most powerful type. 📌 3. How to Fix Your Credit Do this in order: 1. Dispute negative items 2. Remove incorrect addresses & names 3. Lower utilization 4. Add credit builders 5. Let your age grow 📌 4. What NOT to Do 🚫 Don’t close old accounts 🚫 Don’t max out credit cards 🚫 Don’t apply for too many cards 🚫 Don’t ignore collection letters 🚫 Don’t trust “instant 800 scores” scams 📌 5. Credit Goal Levels 600–650: Rebuilding 680: Basic approvals 720: Solid approvals 760+: Best rates & limits 800+: Elite credit / funding ready 📌 6. Quick Fixes That Work ✨ Pay cards down under 10% ✨ Remove old/incorrect addresses ✨ Add 3–4 primaries ✨ Dispute inaccuracies ✨ Use card 1–2 times a month then pay off Drop a 💳 in the comments if you want the FULL credit guide, and I’ll post it next.