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Nearly everything you do today will affect your credit. You can not buy a car, purchase a home or open an account at a bank without your credit being checked, reviewed and judged. This is why it is critical that you maintain a clean credit report.

There are a number of ways to ensure that you have a positive credit report. First, you should realize you are entitled to a free annual credit report from each of the three credit bureaus:  Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. These are the three companies that keep your credit history information. Next, you should verify that all the personal information is correct including your name, birth date, social security number etc…

After all personal information is verified, you should go step by step through your record to be sure that all information is accurate. Your credit report will show what revolving credit you have in your name and what companies have extended that credit to you. Each company will give a month by month report of your payments. They will record on your credit history whether payments were made on time, 30 days late, 60 days late or possibly even later. All of these marks will effect how clean your report actually is. A credit report that is clean will not have any late payments, legal disputes, law suits, arrests or discrepancies that would effect your financial picture.

Although your credit report may be clean, that will not mean that your credit score is perfect. Your credit score is a sum of all the information that companies report to the credit bureaus. It is possible that your report is clean but that a judgment cannot be made to determine whether or not you are responsible with money. Your credit report may not have enough evidence to suggest one way or the other.

Having a clean credit report is an essential aspect of your financial picture. Doing all you can to maintain that will prove to be very beneficial and well worth it in your financial endeavors.